“Where I was raised a woman's word was law. I ain't quite outgrowed that yet.”

“Instantly a thick blackness seemed to enfold her and silence as of a dead world settled down upon her. Drowsy as she was she could not close her eyes nor refrain from listening. Darkness and silenc...”

“The narrator finds that as a maturing character grows in stature before her friends that she sees less stature while evaluating herself.”

“Pride would never be her ally.”

“What is writing but an expression of my own life?”

“Jealousy is an unjust and stifling thing.”

“Madness is freedom and some may only perceive its Insanity.”

“Happy. Just in my swim shorts, barefooted, wild-haired, in the red fire dark, singing, swigging wine, spitting, jumping, runningthat's the way to live. All alone and free in the soft sands of the b...”

“Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.”