Bones Quote by Ali Smith
““I wished that my own bones were unbound, I wished they were mingling, picked clean by fish, with the bones of another body, a body my bones and heart and soul had loved with unfathomable certainty for decades, and both of us down deep now, lost to everything but the fact of bare bones on a dark seabed.””
About This Quote
Source Novel: The Accidental by Ali Smith, 2005
The speaker longs for an intimate, eternal union even beyond death, desiring to be literally merged with a loved one’s remains.
In simple terms: Desire for ultimate closeness after death.
Seek deep connections now.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- grief counseling
- memorial rituals
- artistic expression
- personal reflection
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- How do you express love beyond mortality?
- What does “bare bones” symbolize for you?
Physical merging is impossible; metaphor may be misread.