How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"No, I couldn't fall in love with him. I like him, very much. But he's too much of a recluse. Could I kiss him?" (14.1.1)
At one point, Carol looks for companionship from an emotional guy named Guy Pollock. Guy is everything that Will Kennicott isn't, but Carol eventually loses interest in him because his sensitivity strikes her as whiny and wussy.
Quote #5
She suddenly saw the foot-board of the bed as the foot-stone of the grave of love. (14.1.86)
It's about midway through the book that Carol decides once and for all that she's no longer in love with her husband. In fact, she has to question whether she was ever in love with him to begin. So what's the problem? Is marriage itself to blame, or is there something in particular about this marriage that keeps Will and Carol's love from lasting?
Quote #6
That December she was in love with her husband. (15.1.1)
But wait a second. Carol's love for her husband comes roaring back one winter, which just makes us wonder whether Carol is a little bit fickle when it comes to love—maybe because she doesn't quite know what she wants. Her love seems to come and go with the changing seasons. Still, over the long run, she seems to fall more toward non-love than love.