How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Yura had not found his way to his mother's grave at all in recent years. "Mama," he whispered almost with the lips of those years, looking towards it from far off. (3.17.9)
It's been a long time since Zhivago has visited his mother's grave. When a funeral brings him to the same graveyard in later years, though, it's clear that Zhivago still feels his mother's loss to his core.
Quote #8
Father, son—he saw no pride in this gratuitously obtained fatherhood, he felt nothing at this sonhood fallen from the sky. It all lay outside his consciousness. (4.5.21)
When his son is first born, Zhivago doesn't really feel any connection to the boy. He feels like he's barely had anything to do with the kid's birth, especially considering how he's not even allowed in his wife's hospital room. This kind of emotional distance from his family is exactly the kind of thing that'll help explain Zhivago's abandonment of them later in the book.
Quote #9
"Just now I was looking out the window of the train and thinking. What can be higher than peace in the family and work? The rest isn't in our power. (6.2.10)
When he first gets back to his family after serving in the First World War, Zhivago feels like there's nothing more important than having peace with his family. Unfortunately, it doesn't take long for him to stop feeling this way. It seems like only a week or two before he starts getting antsy again and wants to do something to break away from domestic boredom. Luckily, there's a revolution going on, so there's always lots of exciting stuff happening.