How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Having spent years laboring under the restrictions of the power company, he took a certain pride in outwitting them in his own home. (11.2)
Mort was an old-fashioned working man. That's a pretty stark contrast to Judd, who probably wouldn't know which side of the hammer he's supposed to hold. (The wooden one. We think.)
Quote #2
"He called me worthless. So dad stepped between us and I didn't see what he did, but next thing I know, the coach is on the ground, and Dad is stepping on his chest. And he says, 'Call my son worthless again.'" (11.30)
The Foxman boys love to settle their arguments with a strong right hook, and now we find out where they learned it from. How do you think this manly man ended up with a talk-it-out celebrity therapist like Hillary?
Quote #3
Like most guys with genetically superior shoulders, Wade was an asshole, an alpha male who asserted his presence physically, through viselike handshakes and powerful backslaps, the kind of guy who needed to win at everything (14.5)
While Mort represents the positive male ideal, for Judd, Wade represents the negative one. (Although we get the feeling Judd wouldn't mind having those shoulders.) Wade's overbearing masculinity only makes the pain of Jen's affair sting harder.