How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph) or (Part.Paragraph)
Quote #4
In Leon's life, or rather, in his account of his life, no one was mean-spirited, no one schemed or lied or betrayed. Everyone was celebrated at least in some degree, as though it was a cause for wonder that anyone existed at all. He remembered all his friends' best lines. The effect of one of Leon's anecdotes was to make his listener warm to humankind and its failings. (1.9.66)
Leon has one of the nicest versions of reality around. But… it's because he sees the best in everyone that he's friends with Paul Marshall and brings him to stay with his family. Even thinking the best of everyone has its downside, as it turns out.
Quote #5
That the word had been written by a man confessing to an image in his mind, confiding a lonely preoccupation, disgusted her profoundly. (1.10.107)
The word Briony is referring to is the X-rated one that Robbie accidentally wrote to Cecilia. Briony sometimes thinks it's thrilling that other people have their own ideas and stories, but she also finds it off-putting. She seems as disgusted by the fact that Robbie's got images in his mind as by what those images are. The fact that he thinks freaks her out.
Quote #6
When the twins came back, it was a certain bet that Lola would still have to be found. Bound by an iron principle of self-love, she would stay out longer in the darkness, wrapping herself in some fabricated misfortune, so that the general relief when she appeared would be all the more intense, and all the attention would be hers. (1.12.5)
This is Emily Tallis thinking mean thoughts about her niece Lola, because she reminds her of her sister, Hermione. Emily imagines that Lola will fabricate misfortune to hog all the attention. The truth, though, is that Lola really does come to misfortune. The made-up version of reality isn't Lola's, but Emily's.