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“I’m sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.”

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Richard Siken is an American poet born in 1967. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound emotional expression, which has won him a wide audience. more

“Brush snapped. The stag shambled forth from the outer darkness. It loomed above Scobie, its fur rank and steaming. Black blood oozed from gashes along its flanks. Beneath a great jagged crown of antlers its eyes were black, its teeth yellow and broken. Scobie fell to his knees, palms raised in supplication. The stag nuzzled his matted hair and its long tongue lapped at the muddy tears and the streaks of drying blood upon the man’s upturned face. Its muzzle unhinged. The teeth closed and there was a sound like a ripe cabbage cracking apart.”

Death Blood Horror Stag

Book:The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All

Source: The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All

“With the blood dripping from her lips, with her blood spattered white dress, and with her pale skin, she is just a horrifyingly lovely and a breathtakingly attractive sixteen-year-old girl living in Hell. Nothing wrong with that, right?”

Blood Snow White

Book:Snow White Sorrow

Source: Snow White Sorrow

“If we found a ticket to Disneyland would you think we should arrest Mickey Mouse?”

Blood Crime Murder Ghost Thriller Paranormal Lost Love Drowning Bloodlines

Book:Spectral Witness

Source: Spectral Witness

“You're surprised at all the blood. He looks over at you, eyes wide, mouth dropping open, his face almost as white as his shirt. He's surprised, too.”

Blood You Opening Lines Charles Benoit

Book:You

Source: You

“Here, are the stiffening hills, here, the rich cargo Congealed in the dark arteries, Old veins That hold Glamorgan's blood. The midnight miner in the secret seams, Limb, life, and bread. - Rhondda Valley”

Blood Hills Coal Wales Mining Miners Coal Miner The Land Glamorgan Rhondda

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“The feel of the sticky wetness down there when she moved made her grimace. God, she wanted to get cleaned up. In a hurry.”

Blood Stephen King Period The Tommyknockers

Book:The Tommyknockers

Source: The Tommyknockers

“Preguntaréis por qué su poesía no nos habla del sueño, de las hojas, de los grandes volcanes de su país natal? Venid a ver la sangre por las calles, venid a ver la sangre por las calles, venid a ver la sangre por las calles!”

Blood Killing Civil War

Book:Tercera Residencia

Source: Tercera Residencia

“Pray for your soul that you will not die on the inside when agonizing mountains show up. Pray for strength to climb high and overcome.”

Motivation Quotes Gift Gugu Mona Quotes Gift Gugu Mona Philosophy Gift Gugu Mona Library Gift Gugu Mona Book Club Wisdom Nuggets Gift Gugu Mona Musings Overcome The Soul

Book:Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World

Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World

“The ink and the oil and the blood swirl into one another as though they were made to be together.”

Inspirational Blood Ink

Book:SPARK

Source: SPARK

“Firstly, though we have to clean this blood up off the tiles before it dries. It is far easier to clean the blood up while it's still wet." "How do you know this stuff?" Grace said completely baffled. "Dexter," Angela said shrugging and thinking that was as good an explanation as any.”

Blood Dexter

Book:Progeny of Innocence

Source: Progeny of Innocence

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