You shall know our screaming clouds

[squirmelia]

'I parted the pakasandra leaves to see if there were weeds beginning underneath. The dirt was so black and moist. She watered it often. And all the while I was caressing every wall of my head. I was wandering around my head, teary with joy, wistful even, loving the surfaces, the many rooms, the old rooms and empty rooms.'
..
'-- But slowly these empty rooms are filled. Filled with things so wretched and brutal that you could not have conceived of them at thirteen. And soon you find there are too many rooms, too many occupied rooms, too few empty ones. I walk through my corridors and I open doors and now it's hard to find a room unoccupied or not full of screaming clouds.'

-Dave Eggers, 'You shall know our Velocity'

Comments

Re: Eggers

[shawn-club.livejournal.com]

Pictures are nice. Heartbreaking work picks up significantly in the 2nd half. It's like Eggers flipped a switch and the characters become likeable and humaine.

Re: Eggers

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

I shall definitely read it sometime.