“No neurotic harbors thoughts of suicide which are not murderous impulses against others redirected upon himself.”

“I existed in a world that never is , a prison of the mind.”

“It sometimes entered Mr. Pontellier's mind to wonder if his wife were not growing a little unbalanced mentally. He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he could not see that she was...”

“Sanity is over-rated. It lacks color.”

“And wishes, truly wishes, that she could say the same herself. Because hurting herself would be so much easier.”