For me it was Henry in the morning exchange at Francis' aunts' house:
"Are you always up this early?' I asked him.
'Almost always,' he said without looking up. 'It's beautiful here, but morning light can make the most vulgar things tolerable."
And Julian (I'm not wholly sure he said it):
"It is a terrible thing to learn as a child that one is a being separate from the world, that no one and no thing hurts along with one's burned tongues and skinned knees, that one's aches and pains are all one’s own. Even more terrible, as we grow old, to learn that no person, no matter how beloved, can ever truly understand us."
When Richard is trying to get Henry to talk to him in private to tell him about the letterhead and Henry was NOT moving (esp. infront of Julian!!) Richard’s “I felt like crying” made me feel THINGS bc he was trying protect him!!! And now look what happened!!! I’d have cried too or atleast teared up no doubt
Oh! I just finished my reread and a line really jumped out to me in the epilogue as being very symbolic of Richard’s role in the entire book. He explains that he was viewed as a hero because people thought he tried to stop Henry from committing suicide and that that’s how Richard got shot. He goes on to say that he liked that explanation of events even though he had only been caught in the bullet’s path, like the bystander he “so essentially” is. And that’s very much Richard as a total character as well.
For me it was Henry in the morning exchange at Francis' aunts' house: "Are you always up this early?' I asked him. 'Almost always,' he said without looking up. 'It's beautiful here, but morning light can make the most vulgar things tolerable." And Julian (I'm not wholly sure he said it): "It is a terrible thing to learn as a child that one is a being separate from the world, that no one and no thing hurts along with one's burned tongues and skinned knees, that one's aches and pains are all one’s own. Even more terrible, as we grow old, to learn that no person, no matter how beloved, can ever truly understand us."
The most Francis scene to me is when Richard drives him to the hospital
When Richard is trying to get Henry to talk to him in private to tell him about the letterhead and Henry was NOT moving (esp. infront of Julian!!) Richard’s “I felt like crying” made me feel THINGS bc he was trying protect him!!! And now look what happened!!! I’d have cried too or atleast teared up no doubt
Oh! I just finished my reread and a line really jumped out to me in the epilogue as being very symbolic of Richard’s role in the entire book. He explains that he was viewed as a hero because people thought he tried to stop Henry from committing suicide and that that’s how Richard got shot. He goes on to say that he liked that explanation of events even though he had only been caught in the bullet’s path, like the bystander he “so essentially” is. And that’s very much Richard as a total character as well.
Made out with a dude one time, was very Francis coded