How we cite our quotes: [Part.Paragraph]
Quote #7
Stories are a different kind of true. (2.271)
Lots of the "stories" Ma tells Jack, like How the Berlin Wall Fell Down and Princess Diana are stories of actual events. Even the fairytales, like the mermaid who has a child in captivity, are allegories. Is there anything allegorical about Room itself?
Quote #8
"I wouldn't lie to you about this," Ma says while I'm slurping the juice. "I couldn't tell you before, because you were too small to understand, so I guess I was sort of lying to you then. But now you're five, I think you can understand." (2.533)
Ma knows that Jack is much wiser than your average five-year-old. His curiosity and passion for knowledge make it easier for him to understand complicated concepts. Ma is confident he'll eventually get them, which is why she shares so much with him, without sugarcoating things, as he gets older.
Quote #9
Before I didn't even know to be mad that we can't open Door, my head was too small to have Outside in it. When I was a little kid I thought like a little kid, but now I'm five I know everything. (3.20)
The more knowledge Jack gets, the more he thinks he knows everything. He doesn't yet have the knowledge to know that he will never know everything.