How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
And it's just dawned on me that I might be the author of my own story, but so is everyone else the author of their own stories and sometimes, like now, there's no overlap. (28.43)
Poor Lennie—this moment reminds her that she can't take the whole I am the author of my own story thing too far. She can't use it as an excuse to justify any action. Because at any moment, according to her philosophy, other authors of their own stories can judge her any way they want.
Quote #8
"Yes, maybe some doctor could give it a name, a diagnosis, but what difference does it make what we call it, it still is what it is, we call it the restless gene, so what? It's as true as anything else." (33.13)
Looks like Gram also subscribes to Uncle Big's theory that she can choose to interpret life the way she wants to. And she's taking that idea a step further, too, in pointing out that there is no single truth. According to Gram, there are lots of truths.
Quote #9
Life's a freaking mess. In fact, I'm going to tell Sarah we need to start a new philosophical movement: messistentialism instead of existentialism: For those who revel in the essential mess that is life. Because Gram's right, there's not one truth ever, just a whole bunch of stories, all going on at once, in our heads, in our hearts, all getting in the way of each other. It's all a beautiful calamitous mess. (33.41)
Life as a whole bunch of stories, huh? With no one truth? What do you think? Do you agree with Lennie?