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A review by wicked_sassy
The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell
4.0
Sarah Vowell always, always makes me giggle.
"I've always had these fantasies about being in a normal family in which the the parents come to town and their adult daughter spends their entire visit daydreaming of suicide. I'm here to tell you that dreams really do come true." P. 9
"Once or twice a day, I am enveloped inside what I like to call the Impenetrable Shield of Melancholy. This shield, it is impenetrable. Hence the name. I cannot speak. And while I can feel myself freeze up, I can't do anything about it. As my family fusses, I spend an inordinate amount of time pretending to dry my hair, the bedroom door closed, the hair dryer open full blast, pointed at nothing." P. 13
"I revere the Bill of Rights, but at the same time I believe that anyone who's using three or more of them at a time is hogging them too much." P. 152
"...I am my parents' daughter. Because they have always enjoyed playing up the things we do have in common, like Dolly Parton and Ibuprofen." P. 170
"[after September 11th,] I waited invasion for someone like me to stand up and say that the only thing those of us who don't believe in god have to believe in is other people and that New York City is the best place there ever was for a godless person to practice her moral code." P. 170
"Our common bond is that we both live in extreme places where, if you're at all given to reflection, you constantly question where and how you live. In Manhattan, I lack spaciousness and nature and quiet; in the sticks, she lacks choices and culture and bagels." P. 190
"I've always had these fantasies about being in a normal family in which the the parents come to town and their adult daughter spends their entire visit daydreaming of suicide. I'm here to tell you that dreams really do come true." P. 9
"Once or twice a day, I am enveloped inside what I like to call the Impenetrable Shield of Melancholy. This shield, it is impenetrable. Hence the name. I cannot speak. And while I can feel myself freeze up, I can't do anything about it. As my family fusses, I spend an inordinate amount of time pretending to dry my hair, the bedroom door closed, the hair dryer open full blast, pointed at nothing." P. 13
"I revere the Bill of Rights, but at the same time I believe that anyone who's using three or more of them at a time is hogging them too much." P. 152
"...I am my parents' daughter. Because they have always enjoyed playing up the things we do have in common, like Dolly Parton and Ibuprofen." P. 170
"[after September 11th,] I waited invasion for someone like me to stand up and say that the only thing those of us who don't believe in god have to believe in is other people and that New York City is the best place there ever was for a godless person to practice her moral code." P. 170
"Our common bond is that we both live in extreme places where, if you're at all given to reflection, you constantly question where and how you live. In Manhattan, I lack spaciousness and nature and quiet; in the sticks, she lacks choices and culture and bagels." P. 190