“One by one, slow, quiet, with little more than a whispered end, Sofia snuffed the remaining candles. For every prayer she had that was never answered, she extinguished another light, another’s prayer, determined to take it back, to take them all back.” LossFictionFantasyDangerEmotionalAdventureEmotionsFamily LifeLiterary FictionLiterary Book:Life Between Seconds Source: Life Between Seconds
“It just came out. A laugh. It was a laugh that came straight from my belly. I could not stop it. It came out and kept coming. I was worried that I would wake Gaston, but he did not move. I was in bed, in my pajamas, exhausted, in despair, unsure of where my baby was, and I could not stop laughing.”” LossFantasyDangerEmotionalAdventureEmotionsFamily LifeLiterary FictionLiterary Book:Life Between Seconds Source: Life Between Seconds
“She grabbed the phone from the counter and dialed a number she convinced herself she had forgotten, a number for a home from which she tried desperately to run. A silence ate at her through the earpiece.” RealityBeautifulLiteratureFriendshipMemoriesDarkSadnessUpliftingFamily LifeLonliness Book:Life Between Seconds Source: Life Between Seconds
“It was here at the bottom of heaven, where the sun was whole and the clouds burned away to give hope back to the hopeless, where the snow fell full and comfortable, where the wind was silent, even if only for the moment, it was here, Peter found his bear and Claus found his boy, and the world held its breath—” RealityBeautifulLiteratureFriendshipMemoriesDarkSadnessUpliftingFamily LifeLonliness Book:Life Between Seconds Source: Life Between Seconds
“But in one pot, close to the edge—where the petals had tumbled over—Sofia planted a rosebush, a white one, and waited for the blossoms and the thorns.” RealityBeautifulLiteratureFriendshipMemoriesDarkSadnessUpliftingFamily LifeLonliness Book:Life Between Seconds Source: Life Between Seconds
“To see her face one more time. To have her hold me one more time without seeing the blood drip into the ocean and turn the water red.” RealityBeautifulMemoriesLossSadnessDangerEmotionalEmotionsFamily LifeLiterary Fiction Book:Life Between Seconds Source: Life Between Seconds