“In their disfigured semibaldness, something private had been stolen, melding them into a indistinguishable collection, like animals in a herd.” DignityStolenThe Twelve Author:Justin Cronin
“Just ten minutes, but everything was different now. He was different, the world was different. His father was nowhere in it. And with that, tears came to his eyes.” DeathJustinThe TwelveCronin Book:The Twelve Source: The Twelve
“Night, you who gather in your lovely lap The things the shining dawn flung far and wide, The ewe-lamb you bring back, the straying goat, The child you lead unto its mothers side.” PoetrySapphoThe TwelveFragment 120 Author:Sappho