The White Darkness Deception Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #4

"Mr. Bruch! Mr. Bruch, sir! Please!" begged Sigurd […]. (11.84)

Gee, we wonder why Sigurd is calling his father "Mr. Bruch." Oh wait—no we don't. It's definitely because Manfred isn't Sigurd's father. Duh.

Quote #5

"Except for a certain incontinuity of dialect," said Titus, but I shut my ears to him. (12.66)

When "Titus"—a.k.a. Sym's alter ego—says something unpleasant, she tries to ignore it. This may be the biggest evidence of the extent to which Sym deceived herself: She knows Titus is a figment of her imagination and only knows what she knows, and yet she ignores him anyway.

Quote #6

Thinking about it, I'd never once heard Sigurd and Manfred talk to each other in anything other than English. (13.33)

Q: How many red flags will Sym ignore before she realizes that Sigurd and Manfred aren't who they say they are? A: A lot. Like, a lot. Denial isn't just a river in Egypt.