Falante pelos Mortos
--=[A Cold Heart's Cypher]=--
Ela beckoned Grego and Quara, who slid off their chairs and scurried to Ela's side, eyes wide with awe at the unusual goings-on. After all, even Father had never been able to make Olhado cry. She led them out of the kitchen, back to their bedroom. She heard Quim walk down the hall and go into his own room, slam the door, and hurl himself on his bed. And in the kitchen Olhado's sobs faded, calmed, ended as Mother, for the first time since he lost his eyes, held him in her arms and comforted him, shedding her own silent tears into his hair as she rocked him back and forth.
-Speaker For The Dead
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The writing is powerful. And we forget the effect words can have, written or spoken. Direct or indirect. The words spoken in emotion. The words spoken for an emotion. This was probably one of the most poignant literary moments I've ever read.
(You'd have to read the book to fully understand. READ IT. Good stuff.)
I need to start writing again.
Soon-time.
Ela beckoned Grego and Quara, who slid off their chairs and scurried to Ela's side, eyes wide with awe at the unusual goings-on. After all, even Father had never been able to make Olhado cry. She led them out of the kitchen, back to their bedroom. She heard Quim walk down the hall and go into his own room, slam the door, and hurl himself on his bed. And in the kitchen Olhado's sobs faded, calmed, ended as Mother, for the first time since he lost his eyes, held him in her arms and comforted him, shedding her own silent tears into his hair as she rocked him back and forth.
-Speaker For The Dead
********
The writing is powerful. And we forget the effect words can have, written or spoken. Direct or indirect. The words spoken in emotion. The words spoken for an emotion. This was probably one of the most poignant literary moments I've ever read.
(You'd have to read the book to fully understand. READ IT. Good stuff.)
I need to start writing again.
Soon-time.