seeking bibliophile to look up a passage on clouds

[Penthesilea]

I've just finished Bag of Bones and I remember a passage about clouds - does anyone have the e-version who might be able to look up which page this is on?

it's just a single paragraph (I think) and it's brilliant.

It speaks of how we look at clouds and see different shapes and depictions, but when the clouds are full of thunder they're just clouds.

I love this. Can anyone help me?

[JRM]

I think I know what you're talking about and would also love to know what page it's on. Unfortunately I have no idea.

[bopropadop]

Hi! It looks like the section you're looking for is the very end of Chapter 15. I can't give you the actual page number because I'm using my Kindle and don't have access to my shelf copy at the moment.

It's a beautiful paragraph with the last section reading ---

"...we say yes, I agree that clouds often look like other things - fish and unicorns and men on horseback - but they are really only clouds. Even when the lightning flashes inside them we say they are only clouds and turn our attention to the next meal, the next pain, the next breath, the next page. This is how we go on."

Hope that's what you meant...

[michal]

"This is how we go on: One day at a time, one meal at a time, one pain at a time, one breath at a time... We say yes, I agree that the clouds often look like other things--fish and unicorns and men on horseback-- but they are really only clouds. Even when lightning flashes inside them we say they are only clouds and turn our attention to the next meal, the next pain, the next breath, the next page. This is how we go on."
Stephen King / Bag of Bones

[Penthesilea]

Wow - thanks to both of you who posted the quote. This kind of writing is what connects us to each other.

We live in a culture that ignores sorrow and suffering - we live in a culture of unicorn-clouds. Maybe I'm just a cynic but this passage means something.

[JRM]

Personally, I think Bag of Bones has the most amazing passages of any Stephen King book I've read. (So far, that'd be 8 -- working on my 9th). Just amazing. I also thought many were hilarious. I loved the passage of Rogette's discription upon first seeing her. Lol.