Quote by Barbara Nickless Download Open image ““day had settled into my bones like wet sand.”” — Barbara Nickless ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Nothing, nothing felt better than the way sand felt beneath my feet. It was both solid and shifting. Constant and ever-changing. It was summer.” — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
“It was one of those days when you're dragging life along behind you like a bag full of sand.” — Hendrik Groen Copy Share Image
“Sand And she frequently forgot, That her body (all our bodies) is a house of sand. That it had shattered and is shattering still.… — Han Kang Copy Share Image
“The day stretched out in front of him like an empty road in the desert.” — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
“and today, your bones gathered your skin and said 'Come on, let's do it again” — Upile Chisala Copy Share Image
“I would sit on the beach, as waves crashed and retreated over the sparkling sand like lost dreams” — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“May your bones be washed by the saltwater, your spirit return to the sand and the love we have for you be forever around… — Claire Fuller Copy Share Image
“The sight washed over me like a damn wave that you never see coming until it’s too late and you’re face down eating sand.” — Buffy Andrews Copy Share Image
“Then he turned the pebbles over in his hardened fingers, remembering the only words in the way of wisdom his father had ever given… — Robert Gatewood Copy Share Image
“And I was some of the mud that got to sit up and look around. Lucky me, lucky mud.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“There's so much pain in the house it's like being wrapped in plastic.” — Barbara Nickless Copy Share Image
“We’ve all been at least a little broken by the world. But the world only notices when we try to hurt it back.” — Barbara Nickless Copy Share Image
“Those who are the least guilty are the ones who feel most at fault.” — Barbara Nickless Copy Share Image
“Ask most people in America what “normal” is, and they’ll tell you it’s a roof and three squares a day. It’s a decent job… — Barbara Nickless Copy Share Image
“You could throw everything you had at a problem—firepower, manpower, logistical support. You could get a lot of really smart people working on it.… — Barbara Nickless Copy Share Image
“I've spent too much of my life trying to leave the past behind. But the past is a leech. Digs its head into you… — Barbara Nickless Copy Share Image
“Someone once told me you can take the boy out of the war. But not the war out of the man.” — Barbara Nickless Copy Share Image
“And I ran hard into a truth I’d known since Iraq. You could throw everything you had at a problem—firepower, manpower, logistical support. You… — Barbara Nickless Copy Share Image
“motes of dust had begun drifting back to earth like startled birds returning to roost. In the thinning haze, law enforcement continued to arrive… — Barbara Nickless Copy Share Image
“We are part of what society can't bear to remember. Because if they really think about it, if they really look at us and… — Barbara Nickless Copy Share Image