How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
How can he not be ashamed to lie at her feet and implore: "It can't go on like this. Think what I've done to you. You're sliding down a steep slope. Let's tell your mother. I'll marry you." (2.16.2)
So this Komarovsky guy has finally grown a conscience and started feeling bad about taking advantage of 16-year-old Lara. To try to redeem himself, he offers her his hand in marriage. Oh yeah, buddy. Thanks for the nice gesture. You might want to tell this girl's mom you're breaking up with her before you marry her daughter.
Quote #2
"If I die, don't part. You're made for each other. Get married. There, I've betrothed you," she added and burst into tears. (3.4.16)
The dying wish of Tonya Gromeko's mother is for Tonya and Zhivago to get married. That's a lot of pressure, especially if the kids weren't really thinking about marrying each other before that. Sure enough, though, Tonya and Yuri eventually fulfill the woman's wish… for a while. Do you think she was right to ask this of them? Did they do the right thing when they fulfilled her wishes?
Quote #3
Lara's dream was that in a year, after they passed the state examinations, she and Pasha would get married and go to teach. (3.7.6)
After her horrible affair with Komarovsky, all Lara wants to do is settle down and have a quiet married life with Pasha Antipov. And she does, until Antipov gets restless and runs off to fight in World War I. It seems like it's really hard to get people to stay still long enough to live a nice married life in this book.