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"All the little loved ones" Quotations

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Flashcards on "All the little loved ones" key quotes, created by Elisabet Tammjarv on 02/12/2018.
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"I love my kids. My husband too..." •expresses love for kids in opening statement-> she puts kids before all else -> excellent parental figure
"When he asks the question... its like he's speaking an ancient, forgotten language." husband char ADD
"I don't want to be asked either question, the conversation must be kept moving, hopping across the surface of our lives like a smooth flat stone." ADD
"I am feeling it, the rush of blood, the sensation of, yes, swooning. It comes in waves. Does it show?" •list of sensations -> chaos and unfamiliarity of infatuation -> lack of attraction towards husband •doesn't want husband to see the guilt of unfaithfulness -> doesn't want to hurt him -> still cares yet cannot control lust •uncontrolable lust>commited love
"We had no room for it. Nor, for that matter, a great deal of passion." •relationship viewed by friends as perfect due to lacking heartbreak/angst -> yet it lacked luster -> she realises this uncompatibility all the more stronger now •idealistic view painted up until this confession -> shows how blind young love is
"The stomache, too, longs for more than simply to be filled. A bad meal can be worse than no meal at all." •husband cooks -> attempt to please her/ romantic tone -> invested in relationship symbolism of meal -> •mind prefers tasty food -> narrator prefers an exciting love life
"...we stand just close... to feel that fluttering hollowness, like hunger" •hunger takes over all other thoughts -> narrators lust for the man is all she can think about when touching him -> by extension shows the willpower it takes her to not have the affair
"All i have to do is rock on my heels, rock a shade too far and we will all fall down. Two husbands, two wives and all the little loved ones." •rock/tree/fall/all -> allusion to Rock-a-bye Baby -> destruction of marriages, etc (hers and other fathers family) •"all little loved ones" -> children biggest concern -> refers to title -> narrative has come full circle just like narrators dilemma circles
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