How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
His affliction offended his sense of ownership. These shaking hands belonged to nobody but him, and yet they refused to obey him. They were live bad children. (2.454)
Alfred is a control freak to the core, so it's a cruel twist that he becomes unable to control even his own body
Quote #2
The truth was that he was going to die. That heaping your tomb with treasure wouldn't save you. (3.263)
Gary's fear of death is a direct echo of Alfred's. In his attempt to distance himself from his father, Gary ends up doing the same exact thing.
Quote #3
"Well, but if he thought there might actually be a cure—"
"What, so he can be depressed for an extra five years and die miserable at eighty-five instead of eighty? That's going to make all the difference?" (3.818-819)
Gary genuinely believes that this is how Alfred would spend the rest of his life—because that's what he'd do, too.