How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"This is the way of the world. I saw the end, Partridge, and I was trying to save you from it." (6.157)
There are some many distortions of the truth in this trilogy, so imagine the loop Partridge is thrown into when his father tells him he needed to set off the Detonations. At this point, nothing is true for Partridge. He doesn't know what to believe.
Quote #8
"You go around thinking that it's not fair that the wretches have to live out there. But I know that it's not fair that the Pures have to live in here—behind glass, battling around in our little fake world. If the Dome fell, it would be a mercy—not for the wretches, but the Pures." (55.8)
The Pures suffer just as much as the wretches—that's the truth. The Pures can't understand the wretches' suffering because they've dehumanized them, but the wretches can't understand the Pures' suffering because they've put them on a pedestal. The truth is hidden from both sides.