Source: Pictures from an Institution (1954) [novel], Ch. 4, p. 181
“Poor Kate,” said Constance, “she’s lost her marbles.”
Source: The Mysterious Benedict Society
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Jesse Owens, Champion Athlete (1990)
Context: She was unusual because even though I knew her family was as poor as ours, nothing she said or did seemed touched by that. Or by prejudice. Or by anything the world said or did. It was as if she had something inside her that somehow made all that not count. I fell in love with her some the first time we ever talked, and a little bit more every time after that until I thought I couldn't love her more than I did. And when I felt that way, I asked her to marry me … and she said she would.

“She is so lost in her sadness that she has no idea how visible it is.”
Source: Every Day