texts: But why heap such ghastly fantasies atop an already ghastly existence? </s> <s> I put myself in his stories. I play the parts. Each strumpet, each murderess. </s> <s> Why not act the role of heroines instead? Queen Esther from the Bible, or St. Joan?
labels: If I wasn't such a bad woman on the page, Abbe, I'll hazard I couldn't be such a good woman in life.