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When the Time Comes

Book by Josef Winkler · 4 quotes · Corpse, Flowers, Bruises

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All Corpse Flowers Bruises Coffin Death Decomposition Funeral Hedgehogs Hell Rosary Spring Flowers Vigil

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“The wet skeletons of two young hedgehogs still lay on the floor of Hell.”

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“While Jonathan lay on his deathbed in his parents' house, his bluish red rope burns and strangulation bruises covered with a fresh garland of carnations, purple and aromatic, from the garden, and his corpse had turned wax-yellow and his fingernails blue, his mother, in a black dress, kept vigil through the night, near the two candles that lit up his face to the left and right of the sofa, never once closing her eyes.”

Flowers Bruises Corpse Vigil

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“For three days the child lay in his parents' house, surrounded by spring flowers, narcissus, tulips, and Christmas roses, in a sealed coffin, small & white.”

Flowers Spring Flowers Coffin

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“A twisted countenance overcame her in death. Her cheeks and mouth were deeply sunken. Liver mortis dotted her face and hands. Moreover, the process of decomposition was so advanced, it was impossible to expect that the funeral guests remain seated, praying their rosary before her open coffin.”

Death Funeral Rosary Corpse Decomposition

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