Blades Quote by Charles Bukowski

“The shoulder blades sticking out as if they wanted to grow wings through that skin. Little blades, she was helpless.”

— Charles Bukowski

“I watched as she stretched over the board to flick off a fallen leaf. Underneath her thin cotton shell, I saw how fragile the…

— Connie May Fowler

She fell asleep, leaning on his chest, and he edged her a little off a particularly painful bruise, leaned his head back against the…

— Robin McKinley

“She had wanted wings, and now she was drifting, held together only by the pulsing perimeters of her skin. Even the floor that dug…

— Meredith Duran

“Some instinct made her lift her hand and cup his cheek with her fingers. The room was too dark for her to see him,…

— George R. R. Martin

I tattered their wings and tore off their legs, joint by joint, watched them crawl in circles, like little lost infants, untill they decide…

— Ellen Hopkins

“Rhea shot up from her pillow, arms extended in front of her, and screamed. Pillows and stuffed animals launched off her bed as if…

— C.L. McCourt

She had fallen asleep with her head on his arm, the clockwork angel, still around her throat, resting against his shoulder just to the…

— Cassandra Clare

Eventually she came. She appeared suddenly, exactly like she'd done that day- she stepped into the sunshine, she jumped, she laughed and threw her…

— Lauren Oliver

“Then it was she saw him again. On the upper reaches of the scaffolding, a sheerness of presence, no more. It was as if…

— Salley Vickers

“She fell asleep fairly quickly that night. As she slept just a few inches away, I watched her, trying to burn her image into…

— Jamie McGuire

She did nothing to try to control the shakes that rattled her body,and didn't attempt to stop herself from crying. Tears left both of…

— J.R. Ward