How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #13
Her eyes looked slowly around her – at the streaked red-and-white clay of the ditch, at a broken whiskey bottle, at a pine tree across from them with a sign advertising for a man for county sheriff. She wanted to sit quiet for a long time and not think and not say a word. (2.11.119)
In this passage, Mick wants to erase communication altogether. Not only does she not want to speak – she doesn't even want to think. Of course we're sure her mind is reeling after her experience with Harry, but making those thoughts coherent probably seems impossible.