"Now, in this winter of snow and crutches with Phineas, I began to know that each morning reasserted the problems of the night before, that sleep suspended all but changed nothing" (105-106).
"Since so much of learning anything depends on the atmosphere in which it is taught, Finny and I, to our joint double amazement, began to make flashing progress where we had been bumblers before" (119).
"When you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love" (111).
Gene is still stupid, but he is getting better. With Phineas back, Gene automatically assumes that Phineas will bring back the memories of the past summer he is trying to forget and everything will just suck again. Who doesn't know that a person should never ASSUME anything? Gene ends up enjoying the time with Phineas and admits that they made "flashing progress" in the areas where each of them struggled. Gene and Phineas worked together and helped one another acheive. Phineas also solved Gene's question that he always wondered. Why does Phineas keep coming back to him? Phineas simply feels that when a person really loves something, then it will love that person back in whatever way it may be. In this case, Phineas really loves Gene. Their friendship means the world to him and of course, he thinks Gene feels the same way. Gene is Phineas' best friend and thinks nothing less of him. It's such a shame to know that Gene doesn't feel the same way about Phineas.
Will Gene let go of his envy toward Phineas or will it grow bigger?
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