Lori

“But at my back in a cold blast I hear / the rattle of bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear.”
― Paul Kalanithi, When Breath Becomes Air

“My friends I tell you this, we are a jolly group but put us in uniform and all that change. In war I don’t know who my brother. In war I don’t know who my friend. War make everybody savage. Who can say what lies inside the heart of each one of us when everything is taken away.”
― Edna O'Brien, The Little Red Chairs

“all the tall mad mountains of her mind”
― Anne Carson, Antigonick

“You would not believe how many words there are for 'home' and what savage music there can be wrung from it.”
― Edna O'Brien, The Little Red Chairs