How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
After a time his sneer grew so that it turned its glare upon all things. He became so sharp that he believed in nothing. (4.18)
Haters gonna hate. Jimmie's resentment of the world is downright nihilistic, though: Nothing matters to this guy.
Quote #5
He fell into the habit, when starting on a long journey, of fixing his eye on a high and distant object, commanding his horses to begin, and then going into a sort of a trance of observation. (4.20)
Jimmie moves through the Bowery streets with some serious road rage. In a state of reverie, he plows through the world expecting everyone to just get the heck out of his way.
Quote #6
Foot-passengers were mere pestering flies with an insane disregard for their legs and his convenience. He could not conceive their maniacal desires to cross the streets. Their madness smote him with eternal amazement. (4.22)
Those pesky pedestrians… In Jimmie's eyes, people walking down the street are mere bugs with the express intention of getting on his nerves. He's just constantly stunned by their stupidity.