Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Community Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter. Paragraph)

Quote #4

"Tell your mother we're making our car pools early this year. We'd be happy to help her arrange hers… especially Sunday school. That's always the biggest problem."

"I don't go to Sunday school."

"You don't?"

"No."

"Lucky!" Nancy shouted.

"Nancy, please!" Mrs. Wheeler said. (2.83-88)

That's right Margaret, make waves right away—it's important to keep things interesting. Especially on a street where all the houses look the same.

Quote #5

"But if you aren't any religion, how are you going to know if you should join the Y or the Jewish Community Center?" Janie asked.

"I don't know," I said. "I never thought about it. Maybe we won't join either one."

"But everybody belongs to one or another," Nancy said. (5.74-76)

So instead of just being another part of her life the way it was in New York—like the fact that she's right handed or can raise her eyebrow—not having a religion is threatening Margaret's entire sense of community now.

Quote #6

If I could figure out which religion to be I'd know if I wanted to join the Y or the Jewish Community Center. That was meaningful, wasn't it? I'd have to think about it. (8.3)

Is it meaningful? Why or why not?