“That night marks my life's dark center, the moment when growing up ended and the long downward slope toward death began. The wonder to me now is that I thought myself worth saving...I reached out and clung for life with… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“He reached up with his free arm for them, not for help, but in a vulture-like claw, grasping for a morsel of living flesh.” — Perrin Briar Copy Share Image
