How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"Don't write about my children, Isobel," Sylvie said heatedly to Izzie. (20.34)
Sylvie is very possessive of her children, but we think in this case, it might just be that she doesn't want Izzie to have anything to do with them. She probably wouldn't mind if other people, who weren't shameless hussies in her eyes, wrote about them.
Quote #5
If Teddy ever cried when he was young, Ursula could never bear it. It seemed to open up a chasm inside, something deep and dreadful and full of sorrow. All she ever wanted was to make sure he never felt like crying again. […] ("That's how motherhood feels every day," Sylvie said.) (20.79)
Ursula's relationship with Teddy almost feels more like a mother/son relationship than a brother/sister one. She is very protective of him, and in most lives doesn't have kids of her own, so she focuses on giving Teddy the best life she can.
Quote #6
"After all, woman's highest calling is to be a mother and a wife." (20.245)
Sylvie has very traditional views, which she tries to foist on her own children. Ursula shrugs this off, but Pamela, who often seems like the more modern thinker, ends up doing exactly that: being a wife and mother.