Then he pulled out a handgun and shot me in the chest. I was standing on the lawn and I fell. The bullet hole opened wide and my heart rolled out of my rib cage and down into a flower bed. Blood gushed rhythmically from my open wound, then from my eyes, my ears, my mouth. It tasted like salt and failure. The bright red shame of being unloved soaked the grass in front of our house, the bricks of the path, the steps of the porch. My heart spasmed among the peonies like a trout. . E. Lockhart
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"He shot me in the chest and I fell to the ground. The bullet hole opened wide and my heart rolled out of my rib cage and down into a flower bed. Blood gushed rhythmically from my open wound,then from my eyes,my ears,my mouth. It tasted like salt and failure.

The bright red shame of being unloved soaked the grass in front of our house, the bricks of the path, the steps of the porch." is a powerful memoir on love. It is this story that has been read by millions of people all over the world for years now. On October 9, 1982, Anne Moody was shot by her husband on their property in Northern Ireland while she was pregnant with their second child.

Source: We Were Liars

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