Find quotes from this novel, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Guilt and Blame Quotes
You make me feel bad; feeling bad makes me mad; ergo, you make me mad. […] So I blamed me, and he blamed me. (4.19)
Forgiveness Quotes
(And Franklin, I was [a bad mother]. I was terrible at it. I wonder if you can ever forgive me.) (7.12)
Manipulation Quotes
It was shortly after Siobhan jumped ship […] that Kevin stopped screaming. Stopped cold. (11.11)
Dissatisfaction Quotes
I have never met anyone […] who found his existence more of a burden or indignity. (6.18)
Family Quotes
We'd agreed that whether we became parents would be "the single most important decision we would ever make together." (2.10)
Marriage Quotes
Since we've been separated, I may most miss coming home to deliver the narrative curiosities of my day. (1.1)
Violence Quotes
In my naivete, I hadn't grasped that the property's very notoriety was the selling point. (1.45)
The Home Quotes
I seem to finally be learning what you were always trying to teach me, that my own country is as exotic and even as perilous as Algeria. (1.3)
Identity Quotes
When I stand physically proud, I feel a small measure less mortified. (1.5)
Society and Class Quotes
The right to boss pregnant women around was surely on its way into the constitution. (5.40)