How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
It was Cinderella, Sorensen's old dog. After the old man had died, Cinderella had refused to reside anywhere else than on top of her master's grave. (10.35)
And yet Cinderella makes the stunningly bad decision to follow these kids back to the sawmill, where she'll end up peeing on rosewood Jesus for the rest of her tragically short life. Welp, sometimes that's just the way it goes.
Quote #5
A law of physics we had never learned: When a physical body is removed from the ground, the level of earth at the place occupied by the body will diminish relative to the body's volume. (10.38)
Reasons to stay in school instead of climbing up a plum tree, part 23849729384: future grave robbing preparedness. Who says math will never come in handy after high school?
Quote #6
In the bright neon light it didn't seem so scary anymore. It's just a dead child with some wood around it, I thought to myself as I considered more closely the coffin that had now been placed at the foot of the heap of meaning, it being too heavy to be put on top. (10.54)
This is one of the few strangely, perhaps unintentionally humorous moments in Nothing: the phrase "a dead child with some wood around it" is a particularly brilliant bit of translation. Are you as grateful for these moments of levity as we are?