How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
I followed him into the kitchen, for a moment concerned that he had lied to Mike and Tony and that perhaps we did have a gas oven after all. But he didn't go to the oven, he went to the cupboard and took out a glass. Then he reached into where he kept the liquor and took out a bottle. He poured a drink. It was absurd. Depressed, stresses, hands shaking, and now he was going to get himself drunk? I couldn't stand for it. I barked sharply at him. (35.27-8)
This is the first time we see Denny actually hit rock bottom and resort to something drastic as a sign of his grief. Really, who could blame him? He's lost his wife, he's embroiled in a custody battle for his daughter, and now he's just had a rape charge slapped on him. It's a lot to deal with. Even so, Enzo's right. It's too much of a pathetic cliché for us, too.
Quote #8
They were now the Evil Twins. Evil, horrible, dastardly people who stuffed themselves with burning hot peppers in order to fuel the bile in their stomachs. (39.32)
Enzo's assessment of Maxwell and Trish made us picture them with twirling mustaches in a kitchen full of flames. Maybe the zebra they bought Zoë really was demonic, after all…
Quote #9
I devoured the squirrel. I had to do it. I missed Eve so much I couldn't be a human anymore and feel the pain that humans feel. I had to be an animal again…I ate the squirrel for Eve. (28.10)
Enzo's disconnect from his "human" thoughts and actions indicates that his pain has engulfed him so thoroughly he can't think straight.