Marriage Quotes in The Corrections

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

What to believe about Al Lambert? There were the old-man things he said about himself and the young-man way he looked. Enid had chosen to believe the promise of his looks. Life then became a matter of waiting for his personality to change. (4.276)

Enid has spent her entire marriage waiting for a correction to transform Alfred's personality. This hope has blinded her to the real man that she married.