Family Quotes in If I Stay

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #1

I'd actually rather go off with my family. (1.41)

Mia tells us in the first chapter that she'd rather "go off" with her family instead of be with her friends, foreshadowing her own dilemma about whether she should "go off" into death with them later rather than stay with her friends.

Quote #2

I concentrate on the notes, imagining myself playing, feeling grateful for this chance to practice, happy to be in the warm car with my sonata and my family. (2.15)

Mia loves music, so the fact that she puts family and music on the same level shows us that she loves her family, too.

Quote #3

We are like Humpty Dumpty and all these king's horses and all these king's men cannot put us back together again. (3.10)

Mia's family is permanently broken by the car accident, and it will never be the same. She'll never again have those warm feelings she had listening to music in the car with them.