“She is fine. She hates us both but it really didn't sound like anything else was wrong”

“She was also, by the standards of other people, lost. She would not see it like that. She knew where she was, it was just that everywhere else didn't.”

“She hated their new nickname. It made them sound like deranged Barbie dolls.”

“Ginger was brilliantly effective. She made everything work for her. Actually she made things very fine for both of us and she deserves most of the credit for our success.”

“Sometimes, she reflected, she dressed for courage, sometimes for success, and sometimes for the consolation of knowing that whatever else went wrong, at least she liked her clothes.”

“She was an alien, really - a sort of eating, pooping, tantrum machine - and he didn't understand anything about her species.”

“She didn't like to be alone. Even more, she didn't like being with people. (148)”

“She knows that I've been doing something wrong,
But she won't say anything.”

“I didn't really care much about anything, so I guess I felt fine.”

“Last time I talked to her she didn't sound like herself. She's depressed. It's awful what happens when people run out of money. They start thinking they're no good.”