“Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away.”
“It was beautiful and rare, and you have every right to despise me."She stood pressed to the wall, not moving."When you came in, I thought 'Send her away.' But I knew that if you went away, I'd run after you. I thought 'I won't say a word.' But I knew that you'd know it before you left. I love you. I know you'd think kindlier of me if I said that I hate you.”
“I'm a person of the mountains and the open paddocks and the big empty sky, that's me, and I knew if I spent too long away from all that I'd die; I don't know what of, I just knew I'd die.”
“If I knew I was going to live so long, I'd have taken better care of myself.”
“Why is it," she asked, snuggling closer, "that I so often imagine myself running away and running free?”
“We could run away. I'd stay with you.”