Morven once said she was too wedded to this repetition, that her job was becoming a waste of her, a slow sinking in the mud. Morven, who had studied anthropology for years only to end up in whatever job would pay her, who had seemed to awaken to this squandering all at once, not only as it applied to her but as it applied to everyone. You’re going to spend your whole life with these people who never seem to get a lick better. Your whole life on their problems and then it’s going to be over and you’re never going to have breathed real air.
