How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"So did I. If you are not ready in three minutes I will come in and drown you. I want my breakfast." (4.11)
Theodora's hunger for life appears as an actual hunger. But notice how she jokes about the situation. Hungry? Yes. Dissatisfied with her hunger? We don't think so.
Quote #5
[…] I have been waiting for it for so long. Abandoning a lifelong belief that to name happiness is to dissipate it, she smiled at herself in the mirror and told herself silently, You are happy, Eleanor, you have finally been given a part of your measure of happiness. (5.1)
Eleanor's dissatisfaction continues to ebb away as she spends more and more time in Hill House. But what's the source of this new satisfaction? Is it the friends she's met. or is it her strengthening bond with Hill House itself?
Quote #6
[…] "You must be a very lonely person." All I want is to be cherished, [Eleanor] thought, and here I am talking gibberish with a selfish man. "You must be very lonely indeed." (6.11)
Eleanor begins to show signs of dissatisfaction again. This time, she's feeling the reverse of her previous satisfaction. She used to be so happy to be a part of the group, but now she loathes those around her. Maybe satisfaction isn't a single continuous state that just goes on and on without any work?