How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
I said, "Pick your century. Do you want to read about Etruscan slave girls, Georgian rakes? I think we have some literature on flagellation brothels. What about the Middle Ages? We have incubi and succubi. Nuns galore." (7.30)
When it comes to spicing things up in the bedroom, Jack likes it when Babette reads erotic literature to him. But he's not just looking for some dirty "It Happened To Me" story; he's a real connoisseur of erotic literature from centuries ago. Yikes. Behind closed doors, you never really know what the parents of America are up to.
Quote #5
"I will read," she said. "But I don't want you to choose anything that has men inside women, quote-quote, or men entering women. "I entered her." "He entered me." We're not lobbies or elevators." (7.35)
Babette's not cool with the word "enter." It really icks her out, in much the same way that a lot of a people cannot stand the word "moist." She also dislikes it because it sort of dehumanizes women and portrays them as empty vessels to be filled.
Quote #6
I began to feel an erection stirring. How stupid and out of context. Babette laughed at her own lines. The TV said: "Until Florida surgeons attached an artificial flipper." (7.42)
Jack feels embarrassed at the fact that he gets an erection even while Babette is laughing at the ridiculous stuff she's reading from a book and the TV is talking about artificial flippers. Jack's penis doesn't seem to understand when it's appropriate and not appropriate to have an erection.