How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
From being agreeable, he became indispensable to her; from having been proud of him in public she became a little ashamed, but by that time, between Christmas and Easter, he had become indispensable. And then, without in the least expecting it, she suddenly found herself in love. (1.7.28)
Julia’s love with Rex stems from convenience, whereas for love for Charles is one of deep emotional need.
Quote #8
"You didn't wonder if I should have fallen in love with someone else in the meantime?"
"No. Have you?"
"You know I haven't. Have you?"
"No. I'm not in love." (2.1.51-4)
Talk about a loaded conversation. Charles doesn’t mean that he hasn’t fallen in love with anyone else; he means that he isn’t in love at all – even with his wife.
Quote #9
"I'm glad about the roses," said Julia. "Frankly, they were a shock. They made me think we were starting the day on quite the wrong footing."
I knew what she meant, and in that moment felt as though I had shaken off some of the dust and grit of ten dry years; then and always, however she spoke to me – in half sentences, single words, stock phrases of contemporary jargon, in scarcely perceptible movements of eyes or lips or hands – however inexpressible her thought, however quick and far it had glanced from the matter in hand, however deep it had plunged, as it often did, straight from the surface to the depths, I knew; even that day when I still stood on the extreme verge of love, I knew what she meant. (2.1.290-1)
Love in Brideshead Revisited is all about the ability to communicate. Charles and Sebastian shared this, and now he and Julia have the same bond.