"Sad about it? Ha," she said. "You make me laugh. Like we have the privilege of being sad, ever."
"How can sadness be a privilege?"
"It leads to other things, things that will be very destructive."
"I thought Daddy was in love once."
"Yes, and what did it bring him?" She thought a moment and shrugged. "Actually, I thought about these things, too. I once asked Mrs. Fennel about love."
"What did she say?"
"'Love,' she said, 'is an unnatural attachment to another living thing. It's the root cause of most personal problems people have. From this egg is hatched jealousy, which you will learn is the green-eyed monster that mocks the meat it feeds upon.
