# Quote — Pat Barker, Border Crossing

> ...he'd seen the boy's [Danny's] body hang suspended... an umbilical cord of silver bubbles linking his slack mouth to the air.

- Author: [Pat Barker](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pat-barker.md)
- Book: [Border Crossing](https://www.leafyquotes.com/pat-barker/border-crossing.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pat_Barker#Border_Crossing_(2001)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/pat-barker/border-crossing/hed-seen-the

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