“I am a girl ready to explode into nothing.”
“The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready.”
“I, for one, am ready for a lot more adventure and a lot less nothing.”
“I think I am ready for that. I think I am ready to be met.”
“I am ready for whatever's coming. I expect nothing but to be let down or turned away. I am alone. Goddamn. The shit hurts sometimes, but I realize what I am, what I have become.”
“The voice sang on, “I am ready, I am ready, I am fine. I am fine, I am fine, I am fine.” I played it again. I was not fine.”