Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Thérèse Raquin.
Quotes
In Thérèse Raquin I set out to study temperaments. [...] I chose protagonists who were supremely dominated by their nerves and their blood, deprived of free will and drawn into every action of th...
Lust Quotes
Camille's blood had been impoverished by illness and he felt none of the urgent desires of adolescence. With his cousin, he remained a little boy, kissing her as he would kiss his mother [...]. Whe...
Sex Quotes
The love between my two heroes is the satisfaction of a need; the murder they commit is the outcome of their adultery, an outcome that they accept as wolves accept the killing of a sheep. (Preface.4)
Violence Quotes
Laurent was still shaking Camille, with one hand gripped around his throat. [...] As he bent forward, leaving his neck uncovered, his victim, mad with fear and fury, twisted round, bared his teeth...
Versions of Reality Quotes
"Look at François," Thérèse said to Laurent, "You'd think he understood and that he was going to tell Camille everything this evening. Why, wouldn't it be odd if he were to start speaking in the...
Language and Communication Quotes
It seemed to them that their looks were penetrating each other's flesh and driving in sharp, clear statements. At times, they thought they could hear one another speaking aloud; their senses were d...
Lies and Deceit Quotes
"They turned me into a hypocrite and a liar. They stifled me with their bourgeois comfort and I don't understand why there is any red blood left in my veins. I would lower my eyes and put on a sad,...
Dissatisfaction Quotes
In a word, I wanted only one thing: given a powerful man and a dissatisfied woman, to search out the beast in them, and nothing but the beast, plunge them into a violent drama and meticulously note...