“All the posters on the walls All the leaflets in the streets Are mutilated, destroyed or run in rain, Their words blotted out with tears, Skins peeling from their bodies In the victorious hurricane.” BodyRunningStreetsTearsWallRainSkinsDestroyedHurricanesPostersPeeling Book:New Collected Poems of Stephen Spender Source: New Collected Poems of Stephen Spender
“Grace. I held on to that name. If I kept that in my head, I would be OK. Grace. I was shaking, shaking; my skin peeling away. Grace. My bones squeezed, pinched, pressed against my muscles. Grace. Her eyes held me even after I stopped feeling her fingers gripping my arms. Sam," she said. "Don't go.” IfsSaidFeelingsWould BeEyeNamesGraceArmsSkinsFingersBonesMusclesHer EyesShakingGrippingPeeling Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“It's their skins I'm peeling," she said. "The skins of the insipid scribblers, which I graft to the page, creating monsters of meaninglessness.” SaidCreatingPagesSkinsMonstersMeaninglessnessInsipidPeeling Book:White Oleander Source: White Oleander
“Peeling off my skin / leaving just my eyes behind / You see inside my head / Still know that you are mine.” KnowsStillsEyeBehindsMinesSkinsLeavingBehind YouPeeling Book:Shiver Source: Shiver
“Telling Sam and Daneca feels like peeling off my own skin to expose everything underneath. It hurts.” FeelsHurtMy OwnSkinsIt HurtsPeelingSharing Secrets Book:White Cat Source: White Cat