“She saw hopelessness as an old enemy, as persistent and inevitable as death.”
“Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.”
“She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the condemned.”
“A little more persistence,A little more effort,and what seemed a hopeless failure may turn,GLORIOUS SUCCESS!”
“She saw death as just another wedding she wasn't invited to.”
“She was a grown young woman when she was overtaken by what she supposed to be the climax of her fate. It was when the face and figure of a great tragedian began to haunt her imagination and stir her senses. The persistence of the infatuation lent it an aspect of genuineness. The hopelessness of it colored it with the lofty tones of a great passion.”