“I didn't really see why people should look at me. Plenty of people looked queerer than I did.”
“I didn't know that other people thought things about me. I didn't know that they looked.”
“Identifying, they said, was trying to see how I was like the people I was with. Comparing, they told me, was looking for differences, usually seeing how I was better than others.”
“We were expecting to see you at the market.""Yes. Well. Some people thought I was dead. I was forced to keep a low profile.""Why . . . why did some people think you were dead?"The marquis looked at Richard with eyes that had seen too much and gone too far. "Because they killed me.”
“I look placid, you see, that's why people think I'm fine. Inside I worry a lot.”
“I don't see any reason why I should look for someone who never took the trouble to love me.”