How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The English Patient.
Quote #4
ALMÁSY: And the marriage? Is that a fiction?
KATHARINE: No, the marriage isn't a fiction.
People lie a lot in The English Patient, but one thing no one ever lies about is marriage. They might not take their marriage vows seriously, but they don't ever lie about it.
Quote #5
GEOFFREY: What's the symbol of your first anniversary? I should get something. Is it cotton or paper?
Geoffrey loves Katharine, but it's telling that she doesn't remember their wedding anniversary. She seems to have married him because nothing else was working out. Yes, she loves him, but it's not the same kind of passionate love she feels for Almásy.
Quote #6
KATHARINE: This is a different world is what I tell myself. A different life. And here I'm a different wife.
ALMÁSY: Yeah, you are a different wife.
This conversation continues our thought from the last quote. Katharine has two different relationships with two different men. She gets something from Geoffrey that she cannot get with Almásy, and she gets something from Almásy that she cannot get with Geoffrey.