April 24, 2010's Posts - Canadian Escapades

Book poster: gathering all my strength

Posted by Scott on April 24, 2010 at 10 a.m.

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This quote follows the other 2.

... by gathering all my strength I pulled myself back to the shore again using the reeds.

Posted by Scott on April 24, 2010 at 9 a.m.

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I love the phrase: "black brew". (I hope the quote stands alone as a poster. FYI: it occurs immediately after the quote in the previous post.)

I sunk ever deeper into the marsh and was nearly pulled under there.

The black brew reached up to my chest, stinking bubbles rising up...

Posted by Scott on April 24, 2010 at 8 a.m.

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Is this book poster enough to raise your curiosity?

Here's the full quote (from page 49), with the missing part in italics:

An attempt to get to the open waters through the broad belt of reeds in order to swim across the river failed.

(As noted in the book's intro, we preserved the author's informal style -- including long sentences.)