"She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way and another."

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The reader's ear must adjust down from loud life to the subtle, imaginary sounds of the written word. An ordinary reader picking up a book can't yet hear a thing; it will take half an hour to pick up the writing's modulations, its ups and downs and louds and softs.

— Annie Dillard