How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
It seems, briefly, that by going to the hotel she has slipped out of her life, and this driveway, this garage, are utterly strange to her. She has been away. She has been thinking kindly, even longingly, of death. It comes to her here, in Mrs. Latch's driveway—she has been thinking longingly of death. (17.2)
Ultimately, Laura Brown's unhappiness leads her to attempt suicide. When that attempt fails, she decides to take her life into her own hands in a very different way—by leaving her family and moving to Toronto to begin a new life altogether.