English - Important Quotes in The Dream House - Looksmart
1. Looksmart's feeling of intrusion: "He has a shameful secret... he is an intruder
to his own land, condemned to arriving at places where he will never quite belong."
2. Looksmart's intention for his visit - his hatred.: "...he would be coming here
out of hate. Or, more accurately, out of nostalgia for a time where he would hate
properly. For a period, his hatred was his most reliable companion."
3. Depiction of Looksmart's hatred as a race: "These days he recollects his
hatred with fondness and some regret, as a race he was once fit and lean enough
to run."
4. Looksmart's hatred affected by his family and life: "Life in the city has
softened him, his daughters have softened him, time has softened him..."
5. Looksmart's desire to appear dominant and impressive: "He seems to
be conscious about it [his suit], as if he's wearing it as some form of disguise."
6. Reference to Looksmart's desire to please Patricia as a boy: Looksmart:
"Don't you mean always wanting to please you?"
7. Looksmart's remark about "backward glances" into the past: "Sometimes
crick in the neck is exactly what the doctor orders."
8. Looksmart's hatred for Patricia forgetting the past: "Because that
suggests to me that there are no consequences to people's actions, and I find that
idea, I find it repugnant."
9. Looksmart's perception of Patricia's ignorance #1 ("head buried in the
earth"): "He remembers he well back then: how she liked to live with her head
buried deep in the earth."
10. Looksmart's perception of Patricia's ignorance #2 ("head in the clouds"):
"...for while she was in the clouds, he has been on the ground living amongst the
rest of humanity, knowing all along how her particular kind of cleverness diminished
them."
1. Looksmart's feeling of intrusion: "He has a shameful secret... he is an intruder
to his own land, condemned to arriving at places where he will never quite belong."
2. Looksmart's intention for his visit - his hatred.: "...he would be coming here
out of hate. Or, more accurately, out of nostalgia for a time where he would hate
properly. For a period, his hatred was his most reliable companion."
3. Depiction of Looksmart's hatred as a race: "These days he recollects his
hatred with fondness and some regret, as a race he was once fit and lean enough
to run."
4. Looksmart's hatred affected by his family and life: "Life in the city has
softened him, his daughters have softened him, time has softened him..."
5. Looksmart's desire to appear dominant and impressive: "He seems to
be conscious about it [his suit], as if he's wearing it as some form of disguise."
6. Reference to Looksmart's desire to please Patricia as a boy: Looksmart:
"Don't you mean always wanting to please you?"
7. Looksmart's remark about "backward glances" into the past: "Sometimes
crick in the neck is exactly what the doctor orders."
8. Looksmart's hatred for Patricia forgetting the past: "Because that
suggests to me that there are no consequences to people's actions, and I find that
idea, I find it repugnant."
9. Looksmart's perception of Patricia's ignorance #1 ("head buried in the
earth"): "He remembers he well back then: how she liked to live with her head
buried deep in the earth."
10. Looksmart's perception of Patricia's ignorance #2 ("head in the clouds"):
"...for while she was in the clouds, he has been on the ground living amongst the
rest of humanity, knowing all along how her particular kind of cleverness diminished
them."
