Caroline Bascomb Compson Quotes

“You’re not the one who has to bear it . . . It’s not your responsibility. You can go away. You dont have to bear the brunt of it day in and day out. You owe nothing to them, to Mr. Compson’s memory. I know you have never had any tenderness for Jason. You’ve never tried to conceal it.”

“It’s not when you realise that nothing can help you--religion, pride, anything--it’s when you realise that you dont need any aid.”

“I know I’m just a trouble and a burden to you.”

“I’m a lady. You might not believe that from my offspring, but I am.”

“If I’d just had a mother so I could say Mother Mother.”