“By the time she awoke she couldnt even remember if she had a dream or a nightmare. There had only been a deathlike peace.”

“For a while she cried silently until she tired herself out and the overwhelming feeling of sleepiness overcame her. The room around her was fairly silent, although she wasnt the only one crying her...”

“Amanda had way too much time to think being at the hospital without any friends. She didnt want to dwell on her thoughts for too long lest the wrong ones might emerge. She was hoping to forget what...”

“Baby, Im so sorry. You know I wouldnt feel right, if I ran away from my responsibilities. Id have to live with that decision for the rest of my life. My being in the war could save lives. My runnin...”

“Now to tell ya about our fellow inmates. Pay attention because there are a bunch of us an we each have a story.”

“We just wanted to see whose dick was in yer mouth. Call it curiosity.”

“I cant help but think that if she was going to kill herself, she might as well have done it earlier. Perhaps when I was a toddler. Or better yet, an infant. It certainly would have made my life eas...”

“We just wanted to see whose dick was in yer mouth. Call it curiosity.”

“Also I could hear Amandas voice: Why are you being so weak? Loves never a fair trade. So Jimmys tired of you, so what, theres guys all over the place like germs, and you can pick them like flowers ...”

“Seek a slower, simpler life.”

“There is no such thing as escape after all, only an exchange of one set of difficulties for another. It wasn't Mark or the farm or marriage I was trying to shake loose from but my own imperfect sel...”

“Talking won't change it. But sometimes it was what she wanted most, to tell someone; often, though, she just wanted to escape those horrid feelings, to escape herself, so there was no pain, no fear...”