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June 21, 2009
Quotable Sunday
"I wasn't screaming in anger or rage or at the thought of an impending loss. I had learned that screaming thickens up the vocal cords. Already this had given me back something of a voice. So, I took every opportunity to be alone, to scream, or sing or tell myself stories as loudly as I could."
-Stitches by David Small (ARC)
Posted by adrienne at June 21, 2009 07:37 PM
Comments
A wonderful quote.I hope there is another that says it is also good to do those things with a good buddy too :-)
Posted by: momster at June 22, 2009 08:22 AM
It's a really lovely book, in the end. A hopeful kind of story.
Posted by: adrienne at June 22, 2009 10:09 AM
Do you remember this interview? http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=1328. That page he previewed from Stitches hit close to home for me. I'm interested to read it. And that is a fabulous quote.
The Stitches page at his site is pretty great, too. I just looked it up.
Posted by: Jules at June 22, 2009 11:00 AM
This made me think of how in Marine Corps boot camp, if a drill instructor had too high of a voice, they made him yell until his vocal chords were destroyed and he sounded like an alien.
Posted by: Chuck at June 22, 2009 09:07 PM
Jules, I had to go back and read it because I couldn't remember if he'd said anything about it then, probably because all I could remember was how much I loved his house/studio.
Chuck, Wow.
Posted by: adrienne at June 22, 2009 10:24 PM