“‘Well, the wife—I’m not
sure you ever met her, gal from Sioux City I met when I was doing my printing
apprenticeship up there—anyway, she was raised as an evangelical. And what with one thing and another she kinda
got me interested in the whole thing. She always says you should feel bad when
you go to church. And I tried ‘em all—Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian. But they
always tried to make you feel good. But bad’s the only way you know your
religion’s workin’ for you. When you feel terrible.’”
—Ed Gorman, Save
the Last Dance for Me. Worldwide paperback, 2003 (© 2002); page 118.
Dialogue between John Parnell and Sam McCain.
No Comment is a new
series of posts featuring passages from both fiction and non-fiction that caught
my attention. It may be the idea, the texture, or the
presence that grabbed my eye. There is no analysis provided, and it invariably
is out of context—since the paragraph before and after are never included.
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