How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Ma had prayed to Saint Anne for good weather and saw this sudden clearing as a small miracle, a further sign of what everybody knew already: that Heaven was on our side, was against the godless Communists who wanted to conquer the world and blow America to smithereens. (2.50)
What's the difference between Ma believing this and Thomas believing that he, too, is doing God's work?
Quote #5
Once people heard what he had to say, [Thomas] told me, he would find his flock. His ministry. And he probably would, too, knowing how many lunatics were out there. (7.53)
We'd liked to have seen an alternate version of I Know This Much is True with Thomas as a cult leader. What type of people would look up to him?
Quote #6
Either God was so hateful that He'd singled us out for this (Dessa's theory) or that there was no God (mine). Life didn't have to make sense. That was the big joke. (14.18)
Dominick would like to position himself as Mr. Tough Atheist, as though that's the antithesis of Thomas's religious mania, but the truth is that Dominick is mad at God… and you can't be mad at something you don't believe exists.