“She waits until her brokenness can break her.”

“She would simply wait on the bridge, calm and obstinate, until events, real events, not her own fantasies, roe to her challenge, and dispelled her insignificance.”

“She plays music to heal herself, but nothing can heal her brokenness.”

“She did not send for him until she was afraid; she was not afraid until he undid her work; he did not undo her work until he was past loving her.”

“Only after she begins to disengage from her belief in her own helplessness can she break out of the vicious cycle of dependency and its brutal effect in her life.”

“Oh, she takes care of herself
She can wait if she wants
She's ahead of her time
Oh, and she never gives out
And she never gives in
She just changes her mind.”

“She had waited all her life for something, and it had killed her when it found her.”

“She was always waiting, it seemed to be her forte.”

“Around her gulps of water, she repeated her prayer, until the monotony and futility silenced her.”

“She thought of something her mother had told her when she'd finally broken up with one of her most dysfunctional boyfriends.”