Seven birisi için sevgiliyi görmenin hiçbir sözcük ya da kucaklayışla karşılaştırılamayacak bir bütünlüğü vardır; bu bütünlük, geçici olarak, ancak sevişmeyle sağlanabilir.
Genç kızlar bu dünyada yaşarlarken bahar gelince kelebeğe dönüşmeyi bekleyen tırtıllardır; ama bu esnada, görmüyor musunuz ki, her biri kendine has arzu, gereksinim ve bünyeleriyle birer kurtçuk ve larvadır.
'All women, all colours, nothing but fools. Three children I have. One living in this world, each one a different father, but no husband, I thank my God. I keep my money. I don't give it to no worthless man.'
Nothing that I told her influenced her at all.
Die then. Sleep. It is all that I can give you... I wonder if she ever guessed how near she came to dying. In her way, not in mine. It was not a safe game to play—in that place. Desire, Hatred, Life, Death came very close in the darkness. Better not know how close. Better not think, never for a moment. Not close. The same... 'You are safe,' I'd say to her and to myself. 'Shut your eyes. Rest.'