“Well, in semidarkness you’re connected to the people around you in a vague sort of way. You share things, like being poor, and tired from working hard all day. But in very bright light each person is alone — I am me and you are you. And when they look in the mirror, they have to ask themselves, ‘Who am I?’ That may be all right for people who can lose themselves in the light, but I keep getting darker, year by year.”
