Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing Quotes

“At night, when he is sure his father is sleeping, he sticks the phonograph needle in a rubber eraser and holds the eraser in his front teeth. Carefully, with his nose inches from the record, he sets the needle down. With a hiss and crackle, the music reverberates through the hollows of his mouth and throat without making a sound in the room. Ignoring the cramp in his neck, this is how he listens to his favorite records night after night.”
― Lydia Peelle, Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories

“Trust the body, not the mind, he says, smiling. The body loves itself.”
― Lydia Peelle, Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories