““Tormenting whispers echoed with the beast's penetrating gaze. 'Back and forth, beautiful creature. Back and forth, Wife.' I pondered the meaning and wondered if the author was speaking of herself in it. Was it a warning about marriage or life in general, or was it simply a statement about the traps we make for ourselves, the walls we build, the prisons we are comfortable within? Was I guilty of choosing safety over happiness and freedom, like the character in the book?””
![“Book: [to Mal] If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.” quote by Josh Whedon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c69/josh-whedon-89268_book_book-to-mal-if-you-take-sexual-advantage_2908123.jpg)
![“Let [the wife] guard, as much as possible, against a gloomy and moody disposition, which causes her to move about with the silence and cloudiness of a spectre; for who likes to dwell in a haunted house?” quote by John Angell James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e5/john-angell-james-29595_happiness-advice_let-the-wife-guard-as-much-as-possible-a_1530887.jpg)
