Ted

“Though I couldn't define what I was, I knew what I wasn't. I was shown the limits, and being confined within a set of walls tormented me and drained me of life, for the real me spanned multitudes, stretching far beyond the bounds of normality encircling ninety percent of the human race.”
― Qiu Miaojin, Notes of a Crocodile

“The sea was the giant woman of the planet, fluid and contrary.”
― Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch

“Later I saw that change came as change always comes, from a chain of events with a long history, too long to see from back to front, till it come.”
― Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch

“I was impatient, troubled by this woman who was so hard to understand. I wanted to keep her safe, or so I told myself, but maybe I fool myself too; maybe 'keep' was the problem. ... Man, you need to give deep feelings of affection and care, not keep them.”
― Monique Roffey, The Mermaid of Black Conch