Amy Wright
DREAM HOUSE QUOTES
The Dream House - Quotes by theme
Truth and Perceptions:
“I think I do remember that first fish. But what I remember is the rock. You
gave me a rock to smack its head” – Looksmart
“The more she her version of events, the clearer they became, each detail
fitting neatly into place. For what is to make his account any more accurate
than hers?” – Patricia
“They’ll each have a different view” - refers to Patricia and Richard in Durban
“At least that is how she remembers it”
“She says this as though the truth is a concept only children believe in, like
dragons and houses made of bread and cake.”
“Power lies with those who withhold their information from others” –
Looksmart
“Sometimes a small amount of truth is enough to satisfy a person’s appetite”
“But what I have told you is not the full story… It is only about what we saw,
what about what we didn’t see?” – Looksmart about Grace’s rape
“The word ‘truth’ seems to surprise Beauty. Perhaps such a thing has never
been asked of her before”
“She knows what he’s said, what he’s claimed as the truth”
“She finds she likes him for his lies far better than she likes him for his truths”
– Looksmart lies to Patricia about taking care of her roses, he tells the truth to
her but lies to comfort her
“She knows now that Looksmart’s way of looking at him will be – at least in
part – her way of looking at him too”
“The mystery that must run through all things” – we will never know the whole
truth
“A figure coming towards them from the distance – a figure that is coming to
invade their peace” – the truth
“It seems so sad now: the gaps that Looksmart carried inside him, not even
knowing they were there”
“Looksmart has his own story”
“My name is Phiwayinkosi”
“The knowledge inside her eyes, smoldering like a fire” – Beauty knows ‘truth’,
has moral authority: only character that doesn’t really do anything wrong
“She was slightly less than human” – how Looksmart thinks Patricia saw
Grace
“You do not know the truth” – Beauty to Looksmart
“She knows what he’s said, what he’s claimed as the truth”
“Looksmart is like a boy. In his heart. He will not be able to hear a thing like
that” – Looksmart is already so traumatized, won’t be able to handle the whole
truth
“You must find the truth for yourself” – Beauty
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Amy Wright
DREAM HOUSE QUOTES
The Dream House - Quotes by theme
Truth and Perceptions:
“I think I do remember that first fish. But what I remember is the rock. You
gave me a rock to smack its head” – Looksmart
“The more she her version of events, the clearer they became, each detail
fitting neatly into place. For what is to make his account any more accurate
than hers?” – Patricia
“They’ll each have a different view” - refers to Patricia and Richard in Durban
“At least that is how she remembers it”
“She says this as though the truth is a concept only children believe in, like
dragons and houses made of bread and cake.”
“Power lies with those who withhold their information from others” –
Looksmart
“Sometimes a small amount of truth is enough to satisfy a person’s appetite”
“But what I have told you is not the full story… It is only about what we saw,
what about what we didn’t see?” – Looksmart about Grace’s rape
“The word ‘truth’ seems to surprise Beauty. Perhaps such a thing has never
been asked of her before”
“She knows what he’s said, what he’s claimed as the truth”
“She finds she likes him for his lies far better than she likes him for his truths”
– Looksmart lies to Patricia about taking care of her roses, he tells the truth to
her but lies to comfort her
“She knows now that Looksmart’s way of looking at him will be – at least in
part – her way of looking at him too”
“The mystery that must run through all things” – we will never know the whole
truth
“A figure coming towards them from the distance – a figure that is coming to
invade their peace” – the truth
“It seems so sad now: the gaps that Looksmart carried inside him, not even
knowing they were there”
“Looksmart has his own story”
“My name is Phiwayinkosi”
“The knowledge inside her eyes, smoldering like a fire” – Beauty knows ‘truth’,
has moral authority: only character that doesn’t really do anything wrong
“She was slightly less than human” – how Looksmart thinks Patricia saw
Grace
“You do not know the truth” – Beauty to Looksmart
“She knows what he’s said, what he’s claimed as the truth”
“Looksmart is like a boy. In his heart. He will not be able to hear a thing like
that” – Looksmart is already so traumatized, won’t be able to handle the whole
truth
“You must find the truth for yourself” – Beauty
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Amy Wright
