βIt is said in the South there is no future, only three kinds of past - the distant past of heritage, the near past of experience, and the past-in-waiting.β
βIβm sorry, Sarat.β
βWhyβd you do it?β she asked me.
βI just wanted to know.β
βDonβt ever apologize for that,β she said. βThatβs all there is to life, is wanting to know.β