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Quote #4
He knows that to make love to his wife as she really is, as who she really is—indeed, to make love to any other human being as they really are—will require a soul-rending look into himself, and the thought of this virtually straightens his hair. (Coming Apart.63)
The porn-using husband in Walker's "fable" can't face up to reality—that other humans, like his wife, are complex, feeling creatures. To be able to encounter her as she really is means that he'll have to fix his expectations and perceptions—hard work that he really just isn't into at this time.
Quote #5
Her chronic dissatisfaction was always captured by television, no matter how cleverly she tried to disguise it as, oh, fatigue, too much to think about, doddering old age or whatever. (Fame.12)
Andrea Clement White may be a famous author about to accept her 111th major award, but she's still a woman who feels that something's missing. For one thing, she can't accept that she's famous. In her heart, she doesn't deserve the acclaim: she hasn't accomplished the thing she set out to do (though she never says what that is). So she winds up hiding whenever she's in public to cover her private disappointment.
Quote #6
She was smiling and chewing but without any intention of listening. She nodded—still grinning and chewing as each person sat down. "In spite of you I'm sitting here," she thought, and reached over for the apple ring from Mrs. Hyde's plate. (Fame.30)
Andrea Clement White has mastered the ability to detach from reality, especially when she has to attend award ceremonies given by people who never wanted her to succeed in the first place. On the outside, she's a famous author, just enjoying her lunch. But on the inside, she's planning ways to push back against all the people who have stood in the way of her success. And her little revenges are pretty hilarious.