I wanted to forget the past, but it refused to forget me; it waited for sleep, then cornered me.

“There is something powerful in the whispering of obscenities, about those in po…”

“They wore blouses with buttons down the front that suggested the possibilities …”

“Knowing this secret, being the only one chosen to know, makes me feel important…”

“There is more than one kind of freedom," said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freed…”