How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"How did you get rid of her?"
"Killed her. Then I killed the me that killed her."
"Who's left?"
"Me." (9.43)
Sure, on the surface this sounds like an existential version of the logic puzzle where you have to move a tiger, a goat, and a bunch of grain across a river using one boat. The initial takeaway is huh? But all Violet is talking about, in her signature Violet style, is the sensation of realizing that her various personalities or public faces—wife, hairdresser, woman who tried to cut a dead girl, bird-lover—are part of the same woman.