No, not like this, when I have not seen you without your skin on, when I know nothing, when I am not safe. Not you, whose name all my nightmares know.
Catherynne M. Valente (2011). “Deathless”, p.56, Macmillan
![No, not like this, when I have not seen you without your skin on, when I know nothing, when I am not safe. Not you, whose name all my nightmares know.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/catherynne-m-valente/no-not-like-this-when-i-have-not-seen-you-without-your-skin-on-when-i-know-nothing-when-i.jpg)
No, not like this, when I have not seen you without your skin on, when I know nothing, when I am not safe. Not you, whose name all my nightmares know.