How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"See I told you," Kristy said form behind me, where she was standing smiling, proud of her handiwork, as I just stared, seeing the familiar in all these changes. How weird it was that so many bits and pieces, all diverse, could make something whole. Something with potential. "Perfect." (7.51)
We've heard that the clothes make the woman. That may be total nonsense, but in this situation, Macy's style makeover isn't all that different from her eventual identity makeover: it's all about combining the familiar with the new.
Quote #5
"It's the same thing," I told her.
"What is?"
"Being afraid and being alive."
"No, she said slowly, and now it was as if she was speaking a language she knew at first I wouldn't understand, the very words, not to mention the concept, being foreign to me. "Macy, no. It's not."
It's not, I repeated in my head, and looking back later, it seemed to me that this was the moment everything really changed. When I said these words, not even aloud, and in doing so made my own wish: that for me this could somehow, someday, really be true. (7.213-17)
This might just be the catalyst that started Kristy's whole emotional transformation. Kristy makes it pretty clear that life isn't all about being afraid. So what do you think: should Wes get most of the credit for helping Macy or should Kristy? Who first cracked her shell?
Quote #6
Too much time in a place like this could really do a person some damage. I mean, look what it's done to them
But I was thinking about what it had done to me. Being here miserable, day after day. (10.153-54)
Did the library make Kristy even worse off than she was before? Or did it push her to make a change because of how miserable it was?