How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) or (Feed Chatter #.Paragraph)
Quote #7
She leaned close to my head and took a handful of my hair in her hand and pulled my head down. She whispered, "Keep thinking." You can hear our brains rattling inside us, like the littler Russian dolls. (20.67)
The heat of the moment fires up Titus's brain enough to produce another one of his metaphors: he thinks of the noise their brains are making as the noise made by those Russian dolls clacking inside each other. It's a pretty effective way of describing how close the two of them are in that moment—we just might use it ourselves someday.
Quote #8
It was a strange moment, like when you get sad after sex, and it feels like it's too late in the afternoon, even if it's morning, or night, and you turn away from the other person, and they turn away from you, and you lie there, and when you turn back toward them, you can both see each other's moles. Usually there seem to be shadows from venetian blinds all across your legs. (33.25)
Titus comes up with this sad image shortly after he and Violet have their first big fight. The imagery of turning away from the other person, and the shadows of venetian blinds like the bars of a prison, reinforce Anderson's point that people have problems making deep connections to each other. But you know what? These aren't just problems of the future. Forming and sustaining relationships is hard in any century, feed or no feed.
Quote #9
When school ended for the year, Link and Marty and I went to one of the moons of Jupiter to stay with Marty's aunt for a few weeks. It was okay. We had a pretty good time. By that point, I was going out with Quendy, and I kind of missed her. (55.1)
Well, that didn't last long. School's over, and Titus is over Violet. Keep in mind the timeframe: Violet and Titus met during spring break, and school has just let out, so that means Titus has been through three relationships (if we count Loga) in about the space of four to six months. Maybe that life-changing experience with Violet wasn't so life-changing after all.