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Quote #7
She was looking at her patient intently, interested in that world which had been a refuge once, had suddenly gone gray, and was now a tyranny whose rulers Deborah had to spend long days of her life propitiating. (8.6)
Dr. Fried tries to figure out how Deborah's alternate reality of Yr has evolved from an escape from reality to a punishing force in Deborah's life. Yr punishes Deborah whenever she tries to escape it; that's because secretly, Deborah is afraid of what might happen if she really starts to live her life, even if life is what she wants, deep down.