Date Posted:Sun, July 07 2024, 12:31:35 Author:kgp Subject: QOTD for July 6, 2024 - Sunday
The following quotation is from Voyager by Diana Gabaldon. Copyright 1994 All Rights Reserved. Chapter 5 To Us a Child Is Given
“D’ye want to see him?”
“Oh, a him, is it?” With hands experienced by years of unclehood, he lifted the tiny package and cuddled it against himself, pushing back the flap of blanket that shaded its face.
Its eyes were closed tight, the lashes not visible in the deep crease of the eyelids. The eyelids themselves lay at a sharp angle above the smooth rounds of the cheeks, giving promise that it might - in this one recognizable feature - resemble its mother.
The head was oddly lumpy, with a lopsided appearance that made Jamie think uncomfortably of a kicked-in melon, but the small fat mouth was relaxed and peaceful, the moist pink underlip quivering faintly with the snore attendant on the exhaustion of being born.
kgp