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“She hadn't understood what that cold moisture had been trying to say, as it drenched her battered body and spread through her dried-up veins.…

— Han Kang, The Vegetarian

“She sauntered in the August rain With an endless rhythm of pain, With a desire to run To reach his arms that warmed her,…

— Natasha Jain

“She didn’t know that my heart was a sandstorm waiting to open her skin in a desert of cuts. She didn’t know the animal…

— Michelle Tea

“My mother's perpetual now, tempting me with possibility. Weren't we silly, she might say? What was the matter with us? Let's be close again.…

— Susanna Sonnenberg

“My heart nearly stopped. I could feel my pores open to release what sweat I had left.”

— Kimberly Raiser

“The air was cold and wet, and if you stood still for a moment the chilling damp would creep into your bones. I could…

— Charlaine Harris

“The moment her feet touched the floor, a chill ran up her spine. She was standing on her sweatshirt, which lay next to her…

— Scott Westerfeld

“I feel like marching into my parents’ room and shaking my mom. How could you send her to that place without her blanket?”

— Gennifer Choldenko

“...she discovered that her feet were cold, her head ached, and that her heart was colder than the former, fuller of pain than the…

— Louisa May Alcott

“I'd never actually seen my mother sleep. As far as I knew, she simply shut herself in her room once night fell and lowered…

— Adrianne Brooks

“My eyes flickered back and forth. Sweat beaded on my forehead and I felt the fluid suffuse my palms, a bastion of warm comfort…

— Wonderwall123

“Her rage flopped awkwardly away like a duck. She felt as she had when her cold, fierce parents had at last grown sick and…

— Lorrie Moore