I don't do the things other people call "play."

So this is what insanity is. Not goofy behavior, but watching a sudden change in the world you used to know.

If I’d a knowed more, I would a loved more.

if they put an iron circle around your neck I will bite it away

...fact was she knew more about them than she knew about herself, having never had the map to discover what she was like. Could she sing? (Was it nice to hear when she did?) Was she pretty? Was she a good friend? Could she have been a loving mother? A faithful wife? Have I got a sister and does she favor me? If my mother knew me would she like me? (140)

Something that is loved is never lost.

Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.