How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #16
I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk. I began talking moonshine and roses to the doctor’s young wife. I drank so much I had to go to the men’s room every two minutes, and to do so I had to hop over Dr. Boncœur’s lap. Everything was falling apart. My stay in San Francisco was coming to an end. Remi would never talk to me again. It was horrible because I really loved Remi and I was one of the very few people in the world who knew what a genuine and grand fellow he was. It would take years for him to get over it. How disastrous all this was compared to what I’d written him from Paterson, planning my red line Route 6 across America. (I.11.96)
It is not until he believes their friendship is destroyed that Sal is able to understand Remi’s real value.
Quote #17
My aunt - a respectable woman hung-up in this sad world, and well she knew the world. She told us about the cop. "He was hiding behind the tree, trying to see what I looked like. I told him - I told him to search the car if he wanted. I’ve nothing to be ashamed of." She knew Dean had something to be ashamed of, and me too, by virtue of my being with Dean, and Dean and I accepted this sadly. (II.3.13)
By being friends with Dean, Sal must take on all of Dean’s baggage, problems, and guilt – not only in his becoming an accomplice to Dean’s crimes, but the mental and metaphorical weight of Dean’s madness.
Quote #18
Suddenly Dean leaned to me earnestly and said, "Sal, I have something to ask of you - very important to me - I wonder how you’ll take it - we’re buddies, aren’t we?"
"Sure are, Dean." He almost blushed. Finally he came out with it: he wanted me to work Marylou. I didn’t ask him why because I knew he wanted to see what Marylou was like with another man. (II.5.5, II.5.6)
Dean uses his friendship with Sal to very different ends than Sal uses their friendship.