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“As he passed people rushing by the scores of thousands on the streets, he saw the glory of their faces. He saw in the…

— Mark Helprin

“Still, his scars, combined with the serpentine wound now visible without the bandage covering his shoulder, made him all the more dangerous. He was,…

— Kristen Simmons

“I didn’t think I’d ever have this. Someone who was mine … Didn’t see it coming.” His face hardened as he added, “I’ll fight…

— Suzanne Wright

“I have become a veritable scholar in seemingly innocent ploys to get his skin against mine.”

— Mackenzi Lee

“I will not let him see until none of us have any choices about what can be seen, what can be avoided, what is…

— Jesmyn Ward

“He understood it then. The potential, the utter, unbelievable freedom to be whoever existed underneath his skin.”

— Aleksandr Voinov

“Now I know whatever he guards so carefully inside must surely be truly precious or ugly beyond words.”

— Georgia Le Carre

“I was naked under his gaze. Skin was just that: skin. But to see your soul stripped, laid bare for the eyes of someone…

— Whitney Barbetti

“And the truth was that he was not afraid of being seen for what he was. He was afraid of being seen as someone…

— Roshani Chokshi

“Cover him with your son, Jesus Christ’s, precious blood.”

— Genevieve Woods

“he built his persona as a shield around his person, because he knew very well how little his person could withstand.”

— Eleanor Catton

“Dissect him how I may, then, I but go skin deep; I know him not, and never will.”

— Herman Melville