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“Fear is a poor excuse for not doing the work. We are all afraid. It is nothing new. If you are alive, you are fearful.” (157)

“One day, years later, after washing the kitchen and living room floors by hand, she slipped into her very best silk blouse, buttoned her long skirt, and pinned on her big hat. She pressed her husband's shotgun to the roof of her mouth and pulled the trigger.
Every woman alive knows why she washed the floors first.” (57)