She was seriously in love, but she never made demands.
Reality was utterly coolheaded and utterly lonely.
I’ve built a wall around me, never letting anybody inside and trying not to venture outside myself
It depends on which reality you take and which reality I take.” (p. 318).
The sad truth is that certain types of things can't go backward. Once they start going forward, no matter what you do, they can't go back the way they were. If even one little thing goes awry, then that's how it will stay forever.
When someone is trying very hard to get something, they don't. And when they're running away from something as hard as they can, it usually catches up with them.