How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph.)
Quote #4
That is why we have to take note of the parentage of Arthur's son, Mordred, and to remember, when the time comes, that the king had slept with his own sister. (Q.14.19)
The central tragedy of the Arthurian story comes from not recognizing one's own family, which leads to inappropriate and sinful relationships. White is so fixated on this issue that he even presents Arthur's family tree to us. A picture's worth a thousand words, as they say, and this also points to the complicated interrelationships between the historical English and French nobility, which also caused lots of problems.
Quote #5
Indeed they did love her. Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically—to those who hardly think about is in return. (Q.1.70)
Some people just aren't that into you—even your own family members. And when it's your own mother, it can be especially heartbreaking.
Quote #6
It was strange because it was circumscribed, because it was concentrated on a single intention. They might have been a solar system of their own, with nothing else in space, as they went round and round among the dunes and coarse grass of the estuary. Probably the plants have few ideas in their heads, either. (Q.5.58)
The G-kids are so clannish (how clannish are they?) that they are a solar system unto themselves. Everything else is just empty space—and means about as much to these kids.