How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue. We used Donald M. Allen's translation.
Quote #7
Old Woman: "My darling...I can't see you, anymore...where are you? Who are they?" (350)
Here the Old Man and Woman have been pushed apart by the growing crowd of invisible people. This is pretty ironic if you go with the interpretation that the invisible people are just in the old couple's heads. They've imagined all these people into existence to help alleviate their loneliness, only to be isolated from each other by them.
Quote #8
Old Man: "Sometimes I awaken in the midst of absolute silence. It's a perfect circle. There's nothing lacking. But one must be careful, all the same. Its shape might disappear. There are holes through which it can escape." (371)
The image of someone waking up "in the midst of absolute silence" seems to scream isolation. But the Old Man almost seems to treasure this feeling. He warns us to "be careful" or it "might disappear."
Quote #9
Old Man: "...Our corpses will fall far from each other, and we will rot in an aquatic solitude..." (529)
The Old Man and Woman lament the fact that their bodies will drift far apart when they throw themselves into the water. They'd hoped they could be buried together. Of course, in the Existential view, we all die alone anyway, so it really doesn't matter where their bodies end up. In this light, the concern is absurd.