How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"It was freedom they gave me after all. Carmen's didn't give her a chance, but mine…" It came to Deborah that it was her parents who had bought this fight for her. They could have cut her off from it the minute that she failed to make their progress. They had kept the faith with a future which might never sing their praises. "Carla…if I weren't scared to death of it, I would be so grateful!" (26.67-69)
Here Deborah shows gratitude for the freedom her parents gave her by leaving her at the mental hospital for three years. They've allowed her to go completely and utterly crazy—and then figure out how to be herself, how to be healthy, and how to choose her own life.