Bare feet Quote by E. Lockhart

“He asked about Dad and about Gran- as if talking about something could make it better. As if wounds needed attention.”

— E. Lockhart

“Charlie tried to focus on what she was saying, but his head felt packed with gauze. Like no one could reach him in here,…

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“A month ago, I wouldn't have believed it, but now I knew better. This was Gatlin. Not the Gatlin I thought I knew, but…

— Kami Garcia

“I felt on the verge of something, a mystery that surrounded me like gauze, something I was beginning to unwind.”

— Janet Fitch

“Unlike Dad, she'd always known just the right things to say, and her words felt like bandages or spurs or even ledges, instead of…

— Courtney Alameda

“Leaning against my father, the sadness finally broke open inside me, hollowing out my heart and leaving me bleeding. My feet felt rooted in…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“Grandpa stopped and looked at me. I paused, too, knowing this meant he had something important to say. His body was frail, but when…

— James Russell Lingerfelt

“I stared down at my hands and saw the blood coat them, how warm and real something felt when it wasn’t just ink and…

— Charlotte Munro

“I couldn't tear my eyes away from the blood. As odd as it sounds, I felt irritated. I'd just cleaned that glass when I…

— Rose Wynters

“And I saw just the other day, in Mentor, Ohio, where a father told the story of his 8-year-old daughter, whose long battle with…

— Barack Obama

“I could feel the hard part of Mom very strongly that time. It was like a stone in her that grew bigger every time…

— Kaimana Wolff

“I looked at the faces around me, wondering what was going to happen to me ... wondering when I would see Father again. "I…

— M.L LeGette