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Jean-Felix is Alicia’s gallerist—and her oldest friend. In the weeks leading up to Gabriel’s murder, however, Alicia tries to cut ties with Jean-Felix, explaining that she feels that he is using her for her artistic reputation; Jean-Felix refuses to hear this, instead blaming Gabriel for driving a wedge between them. Years later, when Theo is trying to understand what happened, Jean-Felix proves to be a key source of information: he was the one who introduced Alicia to Euripides’s play Alcestis, and he is the one who suggests to Theo that Alicia should be allowed to paint while at the Grove. But despite his helpfulness, Theo deeply distrusts Jean-Felix, feeling that he is too self-involved to be a real friend to Alicia.
Jean-Felix Martin Quotes in The Silent Patient
The The Silent Patient quotes below are all either spoken by Jean-Felix Martin or refer to Jean-Felix Martin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 2, Chapter 20
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It was just as beautiful and mysterious as I remembered it. Alicia naked in the studio, in front of a blank canvas, painting with a blood red paint brush. I studied Alicia’s expression. Again it defied interpretation. I frowned.
“She’s impossible to read.”
“That’s the point—it is a refusal to comment. It’s a painting about silence.”
“I’m not sure I understand what you mean.”
“Well, at the heart of all art lies a mystery. Alicia’s silence is her secret—her mystery, in the religious sense. That’s why she named it Alcestis. Have you read it? By Euripides.” [Jean-Felix] gave me a curious look. “Read it. Then you’ll understand.
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Jean-Felix Martin Quotes in The Silent Patient
The The Silent Patient quotes below are all either spoken by Jean-Felix Martin or refer to Jean-Felix Martin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 2, Chapter 20
Quotes
It was just as beautiful and mysterious as I remembered it. Alicia naked in the studio, in front of a blank canvas, painting with a blood red paint brush. I studied Alicia’s expression. Again it defied interpretation. I frowned.
“She’s impossible to read.”
“That’s the point—it is a refusal to comment. It’s a painting about silence.”
“I’m not sure I understand what you mean.”
“Well, at the heart of all art lies a mystery. Alicia’s silence is her secret—her mystery, in the religious sense. That’s why she named it Alcestis. Have you read it? By Euripides.” [Jean-Felix] gave me a curious look. “Read it. Then you’ll understand.
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