THE DREAMHOUSE
Character + Situation Quotes
Patricia, about her affair with She was drawn to John because he 'was everything
John Richard was not'
It has been her technique…to survive her husband by
Patricia, about coping with John
noticing him as rarely as possible
Patricia, about her memory of …she wonders if she might have imagined it…is is possible
Looksmart and the fishing she has brought all her memories together into this one
incident boy - the one boy who stood out?
Patricia, calling Beauty "Beau-ty"
Patricia, about the dog The dog was only doing her job…
Didn't you know that you are the only child ever to be
Patricia, about Looksmart
happy in this house?
at the small muddy dam as though it were the most
Patricia, about the fishing incident
magical fishing place in the world
Patricia, about her version of The more she speaks her version of events, the clearer
events they become
Patricia, about Looksmart's making up sentences as he goes along, bridging whatever
version of events gaps he encounters as he encounters them
Patricia, about Looksmart You were like the sun, my son.
Even now she is frightened of uBaas. Her fear has always
Beauty, about her fear of uBaas
been there.
She has been running along the same track since she was
Beauty, about Grace
a girl, always in the opposite direction from Grace…
They said that sis' Grace never loved Looksmart. Not like
Beauty, about Grace
Looksmart loved her…she was not wanting to marry him
Beauty, about Grace's
it went against her customs, her religion, to kill a child
unwillingness to have an abortion
Looksmart, about reason for
He told himself that he would be coming here out of hate
visiting the farm
Looksmart, about how Patricia [Beauty] won't come unless [Patricia] calls her like [she's]
calls Beauty calling one of [her] dogs'
There are so many things [Patricia] doesn't know - about
Looksmart, about Patricia
him, about Grace, about him and Grace
[She] utters a sound so horrible, I don't even recognise it
Looksmart, about Grace's death
as her, as coming from her
…knowing he didn't love her, but hoping one day he
Looksmart, about his marriage
would
…they're fleeing us blacks, but I think they prefer to call it
Looksmart, about racism
"the crime"
I thought you cared, but you didn't. I though I meant
Looksmart, about Grace's death something, but I didn't. All you cared about was
protecting your seats.
Looksmart, about Patricia's denial It undid every single one of Patricia's acts of kindness…
, Looksmart, about Patricia You don't even know my name!
"You sent me to that school, corrected my English - You
Looksmart, about Patricia woke something up and then you killed it- you killed it as
surely as you made me kill that fish"
He will dig her up like a dog.
Richard, about finding his daughter
People like her are still sitting in their houses. People like
Looksmart about Patricia
him still looking in
Young Looksmart’s memory of
The very picture of luxury
the Dwaleni house
Looksmart’s current view of the
A place with no more life left in it
Dwaleni house
Patricia about her father The one good man in [her] life
The thought of the Durban house always used to make
Patricia about the Durban house
her heart sing
About Beauty, her knowledge
the knowledge behind her eyes burning like a flame
about Grace’s death
Power lies with those who withhold their information
About the use of language
from others
Patricia here speaks of Richard’s
diet but the statements have a
There is no justice in this - nor in anything else
deeper meaning: Grace’s death
cannot be avenged
In order to learn from the past,
one must remember what The problem of what to do with the past would have to
happened and apply this carry on into the future
knowledge
To Patricia, the past has no
Backward glances only crick the neck
significance
Looksmart, speaking about
Grace’s death. To Looksmart, the
I think about it everyday
past has been the most important
Thing to him. It has haunted him.
the only real justice in the world is the one you make for
Beauty’s thoughts
yourself
Looksmart to Patricia - Revenge I want for you guilt, darkness!
Looksmart to Patricia Your apology is all I’m interested in hearing from you
Looksmart has come to terms
with his hatred. He protects
He decides on a final lie: ‘Of course’
Patricia’s feelings and instils hope
in the woman.
What Looksmart believed Patricia
Her toy monkey
saw him as
Patricia about Looksmart The receptacle of all her hopes
