“In the far reaches of the county, cottages were found with skeletons enlaced in the beds, the bones of the baby in the kettle.”
“[...] the success of Egyptian surgery in setting broken bones is very fully demonstrated in the large number of well-joined fractures found in the ancient skeletons.”
“The trees were like black skeletons reaching to the sky, pleading with their bony arms for the sun to get stronger.”
“She dismounted, grabbed Enna's hand so tightly that she drew blood with her fingernails, walked straight into the nearest cottage, and plopped down on a bed. Enna nodded to the startled cottage dwellers.It's the queen, you see," said Enna. "She's going to have a baby in your house. You don't mind?”
“It is better to have ten skeletons in your closet, than walk with no bones.”
“I clearly saw the skeleton underneathall this show of personalitywhat is left of a manand all his pride but bones?”