Jealousy Quotes in The Interestings

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #7

"She and Rob had the most beautiful house in the canyon. And a place in Provence. I mean, I was jealous of their life." (15.78)

Can jealousy be a fake thing, or something a person claims because it gives them status in some way? Just wondering.

Quote #8

Sometimes in the past she's wished that Ash and Ethan's bounty had simply been taken away from them, and then everything would have been even, everything would have been in balance. (15.89)

Jules thinks that if Ash and Ethan simply and suddenly lost everything, all would somehow be even between her and them. But things have never been even—not in terms of money, and not in terms of talent—since Jules first gained entry to the cool kid circle. And, importantly, they've never been even in terms of jealousy, either; that's always been all Jules.

Quote #9

"Oh, that in keeping this promise to my parents, I basically chose them over him. He says he's always felt that anyway." (20.101)

Jules doesn't have a monopoly on jealousy, and even Ethan succumbs to it a bit.