I know what lies underneath those clouds.
I just finished reading this short story, Gryphon, by Charles Baxter, for school.
Never in my life have I been so mesmerized by a story. I can't believe it.
It made me feel so weird to read it, some feeling I can't really describe.
I've liked the other stories we've read for school, but nothing has left me feeling like this one did.
This passage was just amazing. I could just barely breath afterward... Mostly the part about the clouds on Venus, but the angels part was interesting, too:
Venus, which most people think is the next closest planet to the sun, is not always closer, and besides, it is the planet of greatest mystery because of its thick cloud cover. "I know what lies underneath those clouds," Miss Ferenczi said, and waitied. After the silence, she said, "Angels. Angels live under those clouds." She said that angels were not invisible to everyone and were in fact smarter than most people. They did not dress in robes as was often claimed but instead wore formal evening clothes, as if they were about to attend a concert. Often angels do attend concerts and sit in the aisles where, she said, most people pay no attention to them.
(and if you hated that, this is good too xD)
Never in my life have I been so mesmerized by a story. I can't believe it.
It made me feel so weird to read it, some feeling I can't really describe.
I've liked the other stories we've read for school, but nothing has left me feeling like this one did.
This passage was just amazing. I could just barely breath afterward... Mostly the part about the clouds on Venus, but the angels part was interesting, too:
Venus, which most people think is the next closest planet to the sun, is not always closer, and besides, it is the planet of greatest mystery because of its thick cloud cover. "I know what lies underneath those clouds," Miss Ferenczi said, and waitied. After the silence, she said, "Angels. Angels live under those clouds." She said that angels were not invisible to everyone and were in fact smarter than most people. They did not dress in robes as was often claimed but instead wore formal evening clothes, as if they were about to attend a concert. Often angels do attend concerts and sit in the aisles where, she said, most people pay no attention to them.
(and if you hated that, this is good too xD)
