But maybe, underneath, she loves him too much. Maybe it's her excessive love that pushes him away.

“More often than not, she acted as if she wanted to protect him, from the image …”

“I sit at the little table, eating creamed corn with a fork. I have a fork and a…”

“Anything that doesn't fit this mode has been shoved into an area of lesser sole…”

“Sympathy from strangers can be ruinous.”