How we cite our quotes: (Story.Paragraph)
Quote #13
Years before, when the music department had decided to gang together and spend the summer in Salzburg, Mr. Brook sneaked out of the arrangement at the last moment and took a solitary trip to Peru. (Madame.3)
Mr. Brook's self-isolation sets the scene for his attraction to Madame Zilensky, to a different kind of community.
Quote #14
His own life seemed so solitary, a fragile column supporting nothing amidst the wreckage of the years. (Sojourner.33)
It's only when John Ferris watches his ex-wife conduct her happy domesticity that his own expatriation is found so wanting. (Also, let's not forget that his father has just passed.)