How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"Is that allowed, Mo?" asked Meggie quietly. "Putting up a statue of yourself in a church?" (17.20)
Erecting a statue of yourself is pretty darn vain… but doing so in a church? That takes the cake. This is a huge indication that Capricorn is proud, arrogant, vain—whatever word you like best that means full of yourself. It's good to know that the book's main villain has some flaws (like pride), but it's still a little strange to see just how much he's literally constructing himself as someone to worship.
Quote #5
"How did they find me? I wrote the book!" announced the old man proudly. (30.77)
Fenoglio is pretty proud when it comes to being a writer… and not just any writer, but the writer of Inkheart. In a previous conversation with Meggie and Mo, he also sounds proud of having created such awful, heartless villains, but this is, of course, before he's had to come face-to-face with them. The more Fenoglio sees of his villains, the less proud he feels of writing them, unfortunately.
Quote #6
"Oh, I was only thinking that vanity is one of the qualities I gave you, vanity and"—Fenoglio paused for effect before continuing—"and a few other weaknesses that I expect you'd rather I didn't mention in front of your henchman." (34.22)
In a fight between Fenoglio's vanity and Capricorn's vanity, we're not sure who we'd put our money on… but in this passage we just relish the fact that someone can finally check Capricorn for a moment.