| Quote #1 "Actually, I am a very lucky person and I know it. I am about to marry a wonderful little girl. There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look. I am proof of that." (7.4) |
Newt's head-over-heels for Zinka even though she doesn't seem to love him back. But, does that lessen the love he feels for her? Hmm, questions, questions….
| Quote #2 "There was one where he bet I couldn't tell him anything that was absolutely true. So I said to him, 'God is love.'" "And what did he say?" "He said, 'What is God? What is love?'" (26.4-6) |
Oh, Hoenikker, you poor man. With love being one of those non-knowledge based things, the good doctor is out of his depth here.
| Quote #3 "And how can you say a man had a good mind when he couldn't even bother to do anything when the best-hearted, most beautiful woman in the world, his own wife, was dying for lack of love and understanding…" (33.8) |
Hoenikker's inability to get love has consequences. Without love, your life is basically worthless.