How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
That was the thing that gave Uncle Hoyt real substance, the fact that he always looked like he was weighing your moral fitness and expecting the very best you could be, no lies or cowardice, and giving you the same. How could I have been wrong about him? (15.38)
Once Pearl finds out about her uncle's affair, she questions everything she knows about Hoyt. She wonders how someone who is so honest and open could be the biggest deceiver of all; it doesn't make sense to her. Of course, we later learn that Hoyt isn't actually cheating on Agnès, which explains everything.
Quote #5
Looking back, I see that I was beginning my practice with lies, preparing unconsciously for the day four months in the future when the fire would jump from tree to tree and roof to roof and I would head straight to the woods, to Amiel, to a house no fireman would think to defend but where all that I had come to love was in danger of burning alive. (18.23)
Pearl knows that she's lying more and more to get what she wants. At the time, she doesn't think much of it, but later on, Pearl recognizes that her pattern of behavior is characterized by deceiving her mom, and she knows that isn't right.
Quote #6
The project I'd told my father about was half-truth, half lie. We had nine days of school left, and four of them would be devoted to tests. (28.19)
Here's the thing: Pearl doesn't feel guilty over lying to her dad in the same way she does for lying to her mom. Perhaps that's because her dad lied to them big time. Or maybe it has something to do with the fact that her dad's never around anymore. Either way, it seems that it's not necessarily the principle of lying that bothers Pearl; it's whom she lies to and why.