How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Since we've been separated, I may most miss coming home to deliver the narrative curiosities of my day. (1.1)
This is one of our first impressions of Eva, and it shows us how important her marriage was to her. Of course, we don't yet know that the separation was caused because of Franklin's death.
Quote #2
I wake up with what he did every morning and I go to bed with it every night. It is my shabby substitute for a husband. (2.7)
There's an odd sexual tension between Eva and Kevin, her son, that pops up throughout the book. Here, it's an illustration of the way Eva feels like she is somehow "married" to Kevin. But this bond cannot be broken like a marriage bond can.
Quote #3
"I've even given him my husband, who has no interest in talking about anything but our son, or in doing anything together besides wheeling a stroller up and down the Battery Park promenade." (10.65)
Eva loves her husband more than her son. But Franklin loves Kevin more than he loves Eva. To Eva, this is almost like infidelity.