“Anger can offer a sense of indignity to replace a sense of shame, and offer a voice-raised above others-which can finally be heard. Those voices are most effective when they are raised in unison, when they have mercy as well as anger behind them, and when, instead of roaring at the anger of old pain, they sing about the glorious possibilities of a future where anger has a smaller house than hope.” WellsPainHouseVoiceBehindsHeardPossibilityOffersMercyAngerShameRaisedGloriousRoaringIndignityUnison Author:Gina Barreca
“Although fear in the right dosage and under the right circumstance protects us ... imaginary fear offers straitjackets instead of lifejackets, nooses instead of safety nets.” FearCircumstancesOffersProtectSafetyImaginarySafety NetNoosesDosage Author:Gina Barreca
“I have an intimate relationship with books. After all, I take them with me into the bathtub-not an invitation I offer lightly.” BookReadingOffersIntimateInvitationsBook ReadingIntimate RelationshipsBathtubs Author:Gina Barreca
