How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I can understand nothing of [my] face. The faces of others have some sense, some direction. Not mine. I cannot even decide whether it is handsome or ugly. I think it is ugly because I have been told so. (6.16)
Antoine's opinion of his own face is pretty much the same as his opinion of his life. Other people's faces have direction just as other people have direction. Antoine, though, lacks all sense of direction, which he thinks is something that also appears in his face. When it comes time to judge his face (and his life), he ultimately decides it might be ugly because other people have said so. Not exactly a great thought to start your day.
Quote #2
Perhaps it is impossible to understand one's own face. Or perhaps it is because I am a single man? People who live in society have learned how to see themselves as they appear to their friends. (6.22)
Antoine wonders if it's even possible for him to judge his own face, since other people spend way more time looking at it than he does. Ultimately, he thinks that he'd have a better understanding of his appearance (and maybe his life) if he spent more time around other people.
Quote #3
I looked at her large cheeks which never stopped rushing towards the ears. In the hollow of the cheeks, beneath the cheekbones, there were two pink stains which seemed weary on this poor flesh. (7.4)
As with just about anyone he meets, Antoine sizes up the waitress named Madeleine in less than five seconds. He sees that her flesh is "weary," which is kind of funny, considering that there's really no one in this book who isn't weary according to Antoine's judgment. At this point, we might start to wonder if he's just putting his weariness onto the rest of the world.