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May032011

Aspire to wordlessness

DateTuesday, May 3, 2011 at 2:37AM

"We will write our young lives down until we find the inside places for which there are no words, hidden places without names. We will go for the lump in the throat, the chill up and down the spine. Joy and sorrow will flow mingled and leave us speechless with wonder.

"We will write because we aspire to wordlessness."

~Linford Detiweiler, singer/songwriter of Over the Rhine, in his prose chapbook, Unsung

 

AuthorJenna McGuiggan | Comment2 Comments |

Reader Comments (2)

Mmmm. Chills up and down my spine.
May 3, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterKatie
He's exactly right. And joy and sorrow mingled is better than sorrow alone any day.
May 4, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterKim

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