If sinners where so unhappy, why would they prefer their suffering? But now I knew why. Without my wounds, who was I?

If sinners where so unhappy, why would they prefer their suffering? But now I knew why. Without my wounds, who was I?

In the context of Janet Fitch's work, particularly her novel "White Oleander," the quote "If sinners were so unhappy, why would they prefer their suffering? But now I knew why. Without my wounds, who was I?" speaks to the complex nature of pain and suffering, and the ways in which individuals may become attached to their own struggles and traumas.