How we cite our quotes: Chapter.Paragraph
Quote #4
The building was always bustling with gossip and a revolutionary ardor indistinguishable from religious fervor in its intensity. (8.32)
This sentence is about the building where Becca works. Hmm, our Spidey Sense is detecting a thought about how work (especially if it's the revolutionary kind) is the new religion somewhere in there. Or maybe it was just all that cappuccino.
Quote #5
They both knew he was pure Yankee, an Episcopalian who hadn't seen the inside of a church since high school. It was his one boast. (8.49)
Stan, our man, you need a better boast. Are you good at golf, perhaps?
Quote #6
"I do not practice or celebrate the holidays. I do not speak or read Hebrew. But I read history at University, and especially I read Holocaust history." (20.74)
Remember what we said about the Berlins being culturally Jewish? Magda has a similar thing going on. And that culture, sad to say, involves learning about a very tragic past.