"...Money have pretty face for everybody, but for that man money pretty like pretty self, he can't see nothing else. - Wide Sargasso Sea

She had left me thirsty and all my life would be thirst and longing for what I had lost before I found it.

The last time you were happy about nothing; the first time you were afraid about nothing. Which came first? (chapter 12)

It's funny when you feel as if you don't want anything more in your life except to sleep, or else to lie without moving. That's when you can hear time sliding past you, like water running. (Part two, 1st section)