Where the Crawdads Sing - chapter 08

“If you act like a predator, they act like prey.”

She’s gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp, Where, all night long, by a fire-fly lamp, She paddles her white canoe. And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon shall hear;

It’s just that she’s at the exact point where she really needs someone to lean on, when every one left her, she might even be unaware of this demand of hers, but I suppose there is, and I think this somewhat contributes to whatever happened to them afterwards

The definition of a real man is one who cries without shame, reads poetry with his heart, feels upright in his soul and does what’s necessary to defend a woman.