everybody's sick... - TSAR

when chapter two starts, Jake's by himself at a café. some mystery lady walks up, they have a drink, no big deal. she tries to get Jake to kiss her... no go. and then,

"Everybody's sick. I'm sick too"

(Georgette, p. 23)

this could obviously be treated strictly in a medical sense. as in, everyone has some sort of illness. I don't think that's what is meant by it. this "sickness" is different for each person. it's not like the Spanish Flu that wiped out huge parts of the population during the Great Depression or the Black Death that demolished Europe in the XII century. it could be physical, mental, spiritual, imaginary, or any combination thereof. it could be a sickness that keeps people from enjoying the moment for whatever reason. or a sickness that allows for real problems to appear. or something completely different that no one can explain. it's a timeless sickness - one that people still encounter today.


also, anyone else having trouble following quotes without speaker tags?