How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
He goes to the mirror, opens his mouth: and his tongue is an enormous, live centipede, rubbing its legs together and scraping his palate. (31.8)
How's this for crazy? Toward the end of the novel, Antoine speculates on just how nutty the world would have to get before people took notice and actually started seeing the world in new ways. For example, does a person have to wake up with a bug for a tongue before he actually stops taking everything for granted? It sounds kind of crazy, but it makes a good point about how numbly people go through their everyday lives.