Daily Literature Quotes

[AWA1997]

Wow, one entry and I get it randomly out of probably a ton of quotes submitted so far.

Well, I like the quote because it sets up the story perfectly, showing you the state of mind the man was in. If you've never read it or heard of it, you start to wonder what he's talking about and see just how crazy he is the longer you read. He kills an old man, who he explicitly tells you he has no problem with and who he trusts and trusts him because he's blind in one eye that, from what I can tell, is incapable of closing. Then, as Jan said, he lost the rest of his sanity because of the guilt, which got much, much worse when the authorities appeared out of nowhere because a neighbor had heard the old man's last cry before he died.