How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #13
"Marriage is so unlike everything else. There is something even awful in the nearness it brings." (8.81.25)
This is one of the last general remarks about marriage in the novel. Dorothea is talking to Rosamond and advising her to take care of her marriage to Lydgate because there's no getting out of it. This particular remark is about how scary intimacy can be – when she says "awful," of course, she doesn't mean "horrible," but rather "awe-inspiring" or "almost scary."