"A hundred times I have wanted to kill myself, but always I loved life more. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our worst instincts; is anything more stupid than choosing to carry a burden that really one wants to cast on the ground? to hold existence in horror, and yet to cling to it?"
The old woman says this after telling about her experiences. She suggests that one of man's greatest weaknesses was that he not kill himself when life gets hard. It may seem at times that life is ridiculously hard, and it just doesn't seem worth all the struggle (that is, if you're not a believer in Christ). And yet, the old woman says she "Loved life more." So maybe it's not even her really choosing to continue carrying the burden, but instead, loving life too much. In which case, as long as the love of life outweighs life's burdens, it is simply logical that life continue.
Another point I'd like to make is from the last sentence, "To hold existence in horror, and yet to cling to it?" This suggests the idea that for humans, to exist in horror is better than to not exist at all. I think this idea is interesting and I think that I agree with it.
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