At first he couldn't see a thing, then he caught the faintest shine of some gossamer thread.
For them it would simply be a personal contact, a gossamer thread of liaison between themselves and the essence of their god.
Their eyes met and Maedhlyn swallowed hard, aware that his life hung by a gossamer thread.
But they were probably no thicker than a gossamer thread.
Not even Melanie's influence could repair the break of that gossamer thread.
The gossamer threads went through his shirt, between the weave of the cloth.
Lachesis disengaged, put her hands together, and stretched another gossamer thread between them.
The artist had carved the bead to give the impression that it was in fact a ball of gossamer thread, wound upon itself.
"Not long ago he said to me that Caesar was fraying his life strand like tough string a gossamer thread."
It was a simple gown, caught lightly at the waist by a gossamer thread.