How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
I don't get that hot anymore. Apathy, boredom, restlessness, freefloating, amorphous frustration, leisure, discontent at home or at my job—these are my aphrodisiacs now. (6.54)
Any passion that Slocum once had, either for women or for work, or even for life as a whole, has been sucked dry by the monotony of adult life. Is that Slocum's fault? Is it only his fault? Why does this seem to happen to everyone in the novel?