devastation Quotes

“I went closer. Flames still crept and licked at the blackened beams. There was no sign of my mother or my sisters. I tried to call out, but my tongue had suddenly become too big for my mouth, and the smoke was choking me and making my eyes stream. The whole village was on fire, but where was everyone?”

“The ‘Red Death’ had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous.”