Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on it, like a lichen on the rock. I wished sometimes to shake off all thought and feeling; but I learned that there was but one means to overcome the sensation of pain, and that was death – a state which I feared yet did not understand.

Interesting look at a young girl dealing with the after-effects of an obsessive relationship. I feel like we usually see these girls through the eyes of others, so it's interesting to see this from the obsessive girl's point of view!