How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
My brother winked at me over her head and gave an exaggerated tug to the top of his pants. He walked with a swagger I had never seen before and knew at once I did not like. It made me uneasy to see him so different. But I was so grateful for his wink that I began wiggling with happiness and excitement and began giggling at him almost uncontrollably. I was giddy with relief and started jabbering. I said:
"Hi Eddie. What was happening in there, Eddie? Did something happen?"
And he laughed and answered: "Oh yeah, something happened, all right" (1.5-6).
Slocum is amazed and almost marvels at the idea that his big brother had sex with Billy Foster's skinny kid sister. There's much more he wanted to find out about what happened on the floor of the shed, but he was never bold enough to ask. Regardless of what actually happened in that shed, it was a formative experience for Slocum.
Quote #2
Probably, I should be ashamed of myself, because she's only a decent young girl of twenty-four. Possibly I should be proud of myself, because she is, after all, a decent and very attractive young girl of only twenty-four whom I can probably lay whenever I want to. (2.29)
Slocum even has Jane "scheduled" weeks before the conference, when he knows he will be working closely with her department. He is intrigued not only by her figure, but also by her innocence and susceptibility to his kind of lame flirtatious jokes.
Quote #3
It was reassuring to learn that so many people were getting laid, that the activity was indeed so widespread. (3.66)
Slocum was glad to learn at such a young age that everyone has sex all the time, but he is hard pressed to understand why women who want to sleep with him all the time do not just come along automatically.