- Emily: Fitting in with the outside world, respectability, suitability, conformity, were never high on my priority list; neither was normalcy. I admit: I cultivated arrogance. The world would be our school; I wanted to learn it and teach it to you.
- [approach a man in a library]
- Emily: Excuse me. Could you guide me toward the Flaubert?
- [proceeds to have clothed sex against the bookshelves]
- Emily: I never wanted a house. And I never wanted a husband. What I wanted with every cell of my body, was a baby. I went through the five inseminations. It did not work. I suppose you had something more eclectic in mind. South American low land societies believe that multiple ejaculations from different sources produce a sturdier child. I concurred and determined that you would be born of the best of many men. And so began my quest seven years and five months ago. I was single-minded in my efforts. I determined to be swift, intentionally reckless, and discriminating.
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