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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…” quote by Ali Smith
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““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.””

Ali Smith

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.

Key Takeaway

Seek deep connections now.

Themes

love death union longing

Mood

melancholic poetic

Type

literary emotive

When to use this quote

  • grief counseling
  • memorial rituals
  • artistic expression
  • personal reflection

Key Concepts

existentialism romanticism

Questions to Reflect On

  • How do you express love beyond mortality?
  • What does “bare bones” symbolize for you?
A Different Perspective

Physical merging is impossible; metaphor may be misread.

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