Quote by James Lee Burke

“I look at you and see all the ways a soul can bruise, and I wish I could sink my hands into your flesh…

— Shinji Moon

“I could feel it--inside, and I decided that night, reading poetry beneath a caged light bulb, that real was when you could fee your…

— Han Nolan

“A shaft of sunlight fell on me, making my dress look like fire and my skin glow like pearls. The shadows around me darkened,…

— Alyxandra Harvey

“I kept wanting to sit and rest, to curl up in a ball and think of nothing else. No, no, no. The light. I…

— Richelle Mead

“There was nothing I wanted to do more than be unconscious again, wrapped in black, gone away. I was raw. I felt swollen with…

— Gillian Flynn

“He was dead. I was fixated on the horrid bite wound on my left forearm. For a long time I watched, hypnotized, as the…

— Bobby Adair

“I decided to ride the lightning instead of extinguishing the light of life that had once shown out of my eyes.”

— Carrie Fisher

“When light touches my soul, I open my eyes and I see.”

— Stefanie DeWysockie

“Stop shining your lantern in my face." "It's such a lovely face.”

— Y.S. Lee

“The muscles inside the deepest, darkest part of me clench in the most delicious fashion. The pain is so sweet and sharp I want…

— E.L. James

“There is a blinding flash, a pain that rips through me for one searing instant, a silent scream from my broken body. For the…

— Gayle Forman

“IN THE NIGHT, I woke up wailing. The worst thing about the explosion was how I carried it in my body—the heat, the bone-jar…

— Donna Tartt