Identity Quotes in The Price of Salt, or Carol

Therese is talking about sitting while Richard paints her, but her words have a double meaning: Therese is starting to become restless. She understands that in order to find herself, she can't sit still, and she can't let Richard define her either.

This is Therese speaking to Richard after he basically says the same thing to her. They're around the same age, late teens to early twenties. Does anyone really know who they are at that age?

Richard goes back and forth with saying that Therese has changed, and other people later comment that Therese has changed, too. This is a good thing for her, because Therese wants to change. She wants to mature. Richard, by contrast, wants to keep everything the same.