"It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise."
"Cautiously, I allowed myself to feel good at times. I found moments of peace in cheap rooms just staring at the knobs of some dresser or listening to the rain in the dark. The less I needed, the better I felt."
"I felt so lonesome, all of a sudden. I almost wished I was dead."
"The water reached up for her, pulled her down tenderly out of the heat, seeped in her hair and ran into the corners of her body. She turned round and round in it, embracing it, wallowing in it."
