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“With throbbing veins and burning skin, eyes wild and heavy, thoughts hurried and disordered, he felt as though the light were a reproach, and shrunk involuntarily from the day as if he were some foul and hideous thing.”

Ifs Light Eye Felt Skins Heavy Burning Veins Foul Hideous Reproach Spooky

Book:The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby

Source: The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby

“You don't know. When I'm out there at night I feel close to my own body, I can feel my blood moving, my skin and fingernails, everything, it's like I'm full of electricity and I'm glowing in the dark - I'm on fire almost - I'm burning away into nothing - but it doesn't matter because I know exactly who I am.”

Knows Feels I Can Matter Body Moving Night Dark My Own Fire Blood Skins Who I Am Burning Electricity Glowing Fingernails

Book:The Things They Carried

Source: The Things They Carried

“My flesh was burning where the skin was scraped off my knees, and I was afraid that I couldn't be alive anymore with so much pain, and at the same time I knew I was alive because it hurt. I was afraid that death would find its way into me through this open knee and I quickly covered my knee with my hands.”

Way Hands Pain Hurt Alive Skins Flesh Burning Knees Covered It Hurts

Author:Herta Muller

“like our parents always told us not to like firefighters warn against we're playing games and making the rules up as we go we're matching warmth to warmth starting fires burning wishes into our skin we're hidden holding forbidden lights we're children whose fathers have never taught never touch but we're finding these new flames we smother at the sound of footsteps.”

Source: Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets under 25

“It is not so much light that falls over the world extended by your body its suffocating snow, as brightness, pouring itself out of you, as if you were burning inside. Under your skin the moon is alive.”

Ifs World Body Light Fall Alive Moon Skins Your Body Snow Burning Pouring Brightness Suffocating Burning Inside

Author:Pablo Neruda

“His fingers skimmed down her body, over skin and satin, and she shivered, leaning into him, and she was sure they both tasted like blood and ashes and salt, but it didn't matter; the world, the city, and all it's lights and life seemed to have narrowed down to this, just her and Jace, the burning heart of a frozen world.”

World Heart Matter Body Light Peace Cities Blood Skins Fingers Burning Salt Ashes Jace Frozen Satin Burning Heart

Book:City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“'Will,' she whispered against his mouth. She wanted him closer to her so badly, it was like an ache, a painful hot ache that spread from her stomach to speed her heart and knot her hands in his hair and set her skin burning. 'Will, you need not be so careful. I will not break.'”

Needs Heart Hands Wanted Break Hair Mouths Skins Hot Painful Careful Spread Speed Burning Stomach Ache Knots

Author:Cassandra Clare

“He felt his smile slide away, melt, fold over and down on itself like a tallow skin, like the stuff of a fantastic candle burning too long and now collapsing and now blown out.”

Long Felt Stuff Skins Burning Fantastic Candle Folds Slides His Smile Candles Burning

Book:Fahrenheit 451

Source: Fahrenheit 451