The Sound Inside Quotes

Adam Rapp
This Study Guide consists of approximately 76 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Sound Inside.

The Sound Inside Quotes

Adam Rapp
This Study Guide consists of approximately 76 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Sound Inside.
This section contains 2,125 words
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Yes, my God is a man. He’s selfish and smokes a pipe and looks like a perverted eighteenth-century French novelist. My God is a fat man with money who can still get it up. His penis is short and stout and stiff as an old book. My God has gamy breath and gout. My God is basically Honore de Balzac
-- Bella (Scene 1)

Importance: This quote is taken from the prologue-like Scene 1, in which Bella describes herself and reveals key elements of her identity and perspective that influence her actions and behavior throughout the narrative. This quote is significant because it references Bella's dry, wry, self-deprecating sense of humor. It also references a key thematic element connected to both her sense of self and her actions throughout the play. This is the idea that she sees herself in terms of literature, a perspective that is, in turn, connected to her thematically significant experiences...

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