I Know This Much is True Quotes

Thomas and I are identical twins, not fraternal—one fertilized egg that split in half and went off in two directions. (1.8)

"It was all that namby-pamby stuff… All that 'Thomas my little bunny rabbit' stuff she used to say to him all the time." (3.122)

Seeing [Ray] like this—white-haired and vulnerable, a snoring corpse—I was filled with an unexpected sympathy for the guy. (11.37)

All right, she said, she would just ask me point-blank: did my father or I hold her responsible in any way for what happened? (1.16)

A minute or so later, Ma emerged from the burning house, sobbing, clutching [her photo album] against her chest. (2.18)

"Your brother was always neat and clean. […] You can't say that about all of them. But you have to be firm with these people." (1.8)

On the afternoon of October 12, 1990, my twin brother Thomas entered the Three Rivers, Connecticut Public Library, retreated to one of the rear study carrels, and prayed to God the sacrifice he was...

No wife of his was going to do n***** work. (8.11)

"He always comes over on Sunday," I said. "He expects me." (6.106)

"Just do me a favor, will you? Just bring him over to the Settle Building for five minutes. I know the night people there. They can call his doctor and get this sorted out. Because this whole thing...