“She was herself unconscious of that faint hint of offishness which hung about her and repelled advances, an arrogance that stirred in people a peculiar irritation. They noticed her, admired her clothes, but that was all, for the self-sufficient uninterested manner adopted instinctively as a protective measure for her acute sensitiveness, in her child days, still clung to her.” PersonalityArroganceSensitivityIrritationSelf SufficiencySociabilityStandoffishness Book:The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories Source: The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories