How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"The difference is that these young people take it for granted that they're going to get whatever they want, and that we almost always took it for granted that we shouldn't. Only, I wonder— the thing one's so certain of in advance: can it ever make one's heart beat as wildly?" (34.33)
Archer considers his son Dallas's attitude: Archer grew up in a time when he had to sacrifice love for duty, but Dallas's generation seems to believe that everything is possible and that sacrifice isn't necessary. But does liberty quash passion? Does love need to be impossible in order to be passionate?