Title Reference
- Tony tells Adriana that he's afraid a mole on his shoulder looks "irregular around the margins," a worry he's had ever since a cancerous mole was removed from his forehead.
- Margins, representing boundaries of relationships, are pushed to irregular points: e.g., Tony and Adriana almost kiss and go to Dover to get cocaine; this drives Chris and Tony to say things to each other that they shouldn't and ultimately, to nearly murder each other.
- Irritable Bowl Syndrome (IBS), which Adriana may be suffering, commonly causes irregular bowel movements.
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Famous quotes containing the words title and/or reference:
“Et in Arcadia ego.
[I too am in Arcadia.]”
—Anonymous, Anonymous.
Tomb inscription, appearing in classical paintings by Guercino and Poussin, among others. The words probably mean that even the most ideal earthly lives are mortal. Arcadia, a mountainous region in the central Peloponnese, Greece, was the rustic abode of Pan, depicted in literature and art as a land of innocence and ease, and was the title of Sir Philip Sidney’s pastoral romance (1590)
“These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)