Someone Else’s Words
I finished reading The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo last night. I’ve read all of her other books, and happened to see this one the other day at Target. She is one of those writers whose words make my heart ache when I read them. She makes me wish that I had even one iota of that talent. Don’t misunderstand; I have written some decent things. I just recognize that this woman is truly gifted, and it makes me wish I was too.
“Rob had a way of not-thinking about things. He imagined himself as a suitcase that was too full, like the one that he had packed when they left Jacksonville after the funeral. He made all his feelings go inside the suitcase; he stuffed them in tight and then sat on the suitcase and locked it shut. That was the way he not-thought about things. Sometimes it was hard to keep the suitcase shut.”
-Kate DiCamillo, The Tiger Rising
Kels said,
August 25, 2009 @ 8:18 pm
I know what you mean…! I loved The Tale of Despereaux! I should watch the movie at some point, but I doubt that it even compares to the book. I also loved Deborah Wiles’ Each Little Bird That Sings… it was a little sad, but SUCH a good book…!!! I have Love, Ruby Lavendar also by Wiles, but I haven’t read it yet