The Name of the Rose
That vulgar, indulgent, unrestrained, pleasure-seeking, and spendthrift woman—I have become no different from her.
*If I were still at the academy, when I still loved Casey, and God showed me what I look like now, I would be in immense agony, begging the gods to let me escape this pathetic future instead of letting myself sink into an incurable state.*
*Yes, I have fallen. I bowed to my father, submitted to fate, and let him sell me to Hanno, completing a shameful transaction. I despise my husband and believe I have absolutely no obligation to remain faithful. Hanno trampled our sacred marriage with money and power, and I did so with anger.*