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304 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
. . . Patricia asked, "But why would your desire be awakened by Roland not wanting you? Hasn't anyone not wanted you before?"
"Not in a while. Or at least not that I noticed. I haven't been rejected by anyone or anything in the past year or two."
"Lucky you."
"How can you say that after you've witnessed the ordeal I've suffered?" Lynn said, with a scandalized frown. "It's not lucky, especially for someone like me, who thrives on resistance. I've succeeded, perhaps too consistently, too well, at everything I've set out to do. I've gotten everything I've wanted."
"But what about when Roland started wanting you? Why didn't your desire disappear then?"
"Maybe because it just had to be reawakened, and once it's awake, it's awake."
"But what if it happens again, one day?"
"It will never happen again."
"How can you know?"
"Because I won't let it. I have a method I'll use."
"What is it?"
"To make sure I'm rejected on a regular basis."
"But what if you're not?"
"I'll make sure I am! I'll apply to clubs which would never, in a million years, have me as a member."