I am aware that somewhere along the line, I've subconsciously turned down the pitch of my speech, like a silencer of a gun that softens the sound of its firing. Now, even when I yell, I don't feel like I am using my full voice.
Koren Zailckas (2006). “Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood”, p.8, Penguin
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