We lay there with our bodies touching, and.... : Quote by Alice Sebold

“ We lay there with our bodies touching, and as I shook, a powerful knowledge took hold. He had done this thing to me and I had lived. That was all. I was still breathing. I heard his heart. I smelled his breath. The dark earth around us smelled like what it was, moist dirt where animals lived their daily lives. I could have yelled for hours. ”

Alice Sebold
  • From : The Lovely Bones
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