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by Toni Morrison

I had to go but I dreaded it.

me when I have to go to any social activity

“Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake—otherwise it just walks on in your door.”

So it was just herself. In this world with these people she wanted to be the person who would never again need rescue.

“Why not? I can be miserable if I want to. You don’t need to try and make it go away. It shouldn’t go away. It’s just as sad as it ought to be and I’m not going to hide from what’s true just because it hurts.”