--- title: "1 Knew Death Quotes By Hazel Butler" description: "1 Knew Death quotes by Hazel Butler. Plus more from Hazel Butler and more Knew Death sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/hazel-butler-31801_contemporary-fantasy_a-shade-flickered-to-my-left-an-eerie-sh_1430768.jpg" --- > [“A shade flickered to my left, an eerie shadow balanced even more precariously on the railing than I. Her plimsolls struggled to grip the same rail my fingers now held. I knew her face, just as I knew her death;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/a-shade-flickered-to-my-left-an-eerie-shadow-balanced-even-more/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/hazel-butler-31801_contemporary-fantasy_a-shade-flickered-to-my-left-an-eerie-sh_1430768.jpg) ## More by Hazel Butler > [“James had taken his own life, but the need to do so was not something easily explained. He had the life he wanted: money,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/james-had-taken-his-own-life-but-the-need-to-do-so-was-not-something/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“Joshua had always been able to get away with things—things for which he should never have been forgiven. He was a lot like James…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/joshua-had-always-been-able-to-get-away-with-things-things-for-which/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“Was James bipolar?” The tears returned, and I watched her battle them. “We don’t use that word in our family.” I stared at her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/was-james-bipolar-the-tears-returned-and-i-watched-her-battle-them-we/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“The past had already been dealt with, to one end or another, it was certain, fixed, the horror of it was already over. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/the-past-had-already-been-dealt-with-to-one-end-or-another-it-was/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“I swore as the knife I’d been using to dice our dinner bit into my finger. I dropped it on the floor, blood spattering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/i-swore-as-the-knife-i-d-been-using-to-dice-our-dinner-bit-into-my/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“Insects crawled across my skin, legs skittering across my flesh, numbed paths of cold left in their wake. They were the creatures that heralded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/insects-crawled-across-my-skin-legs-skittering-across-my-flesh-numbed/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“A shade flickered to my left, an eerie shadow balanced even more precariously on the railing than I. Her plimsolls struggled to grip the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/a-shade-flickered-to-my-left-an-eerie-shadow-balanced-even-more/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“I found serenity in the towers, especially the highest, even in the midst of winter. The crows also enjoyed the lofts, and I habitually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/i-found-serenity-in-the-towers-especially-the-highest-even-in-the/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“In the distance, steel-blue mountains loomed heavy on the horizon, their shoulders burdened with the same accursed snow the gods were currently depositing upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/in-the-distance-steel-blue-mountains-loomed-heavy-on-the-horizon/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“I imagined her poised, a humerus in one hand, a toothbrush in the other, as she gently brushed away the last remnants of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/i-imagined-her-poised-a-humerus-in-one-hand-a-toothbrush-in-the-other/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“It seemed for a moment as if something was there, loitering between the knurled and towering cherry trees, a flash of a presence as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/it-seemed-for-a-moment-as-if-something-was-there-loitering-between/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“It was a fact that had become the focus of my entire life, a whisper in my heartbeat, a permanent, insidious presence that punctuated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/it-was-a-fact-that-had-become-the-focus-of-my-entire-life-a-whisper/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“he night beyond the window was still, mordant white snow, punctuated only by the eerie dark of the trees, gumshoeing their way along the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/he-night-beyond-the-window-was-still-mordant-white-snow-punctuated/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“Death begins before birth. I have always found this an odd notion, but were it not for the death of certain cells during our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/death-begins-before-birth-i-have-always-found-this-an-odd-notion-but/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) > [“She stood in the snow, effervescent, all pale skin and blonde hair, clad in white and bathed in moonlight. She should have looked angelic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazel-butler/she-stood-in-the-snow-effervescent-all-pale-skin-and-blonde-hair-clad/) [Hazel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazel-butler/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-death/hazel-butler/#itemlist", "name": "1 Knew Death Quotes By Hazel Butler", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A shade flickered to my left, an eerie shadow balanced even more precariously on the railing than I. Her plimsolls struggled to grip the same rail my fingers now held. I knew her face, just as I knew her death; I’d watched it often enough, those times I’d been unable to avoid crossing here. 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