“The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.”
“Learning to sing one's own songs, to trust the particular cadences of own's voices, is also the goal of any writer.”
“...singing ballads whose words had never known paper but lived only on the rasping edge of their own voices.”
“Each soul has its own note to sing in the divine chorus and no voice is more important than another. (94)”
“I listened wide-eyed, stupid. Glowing by her voice in the dim light. If chocolate was a sound, it would've been Constantine's voice singing. If singing was a color, it would've been the color of that chocolate.”
“If chocolate was a sound, it would've been Constantine's voice singing. If singing was a color, it would've been the color of that chocolate.”