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I Am One of You Forever
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"I Am One of You Forever" Quotes

A lyrical coming-of-age story set in rural North Carolina, exploring the joys and sorrows of childhood and the power of imagination.

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In the middle of a song, I realized I had been thinking about a cowbell, the way it looked and sounded, and I was ashamed.

Fred Chappell

thoughts

I thought about cousins and aunts and uncles and how they sometimes die and sometimes marry and sometimes go away.

Fred Chappell

family

I knew a boy that was afraid of the dark. He said God lived in the dark and he was afraid of him.

Fred Chappell

fearreligion

The frogs and bugs and things were singing in the night. I didn't know what they were singing and I didn't know what I was singing either.

Fred Chappell

naturemusic

There was a little cloud in the sky that didn't look like any other cloud I had ever seen.

Fred Chappell

observation

I stayed squatting down trying to make a picture in my mind of what she might look like and if she would have blue eyes like me.

Fred Chappell

imagination

Sometimes I would go into the woods and sit down and listen to the trees whispering.

Fred Chappell

nature

The fire is not in the stove but in the smell of the room and the sound of the wood hissing.

Fred Chappell

firesenses

Sometimes I think I would like to be a rock. I would sit still and not think about anything.

Fred Chappell

stillnessthoughts

I like to listen to the rain. It sounds like little feet running around.

Fred Chappell

rainsounds