This Is the Voice

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“And my voice, with its nicks and scars and telltale rasp, tells its own history of my life, just like yours does.” (268)

“But in these closing remarks, I find myself reflecting on the fact that the most effective and expressive voices-those that connect with listeners in ways that change behaviour or habits or ideas-are those that form the most direct channel between the speaker's interior life and the sounds that emerge from the mouth.” (268)