How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I wasn't always the girl that I am now. Terrified—the word meant absolutely nothing to me. In fact, almost everything meant absolutely nothing to me. My mind was as blank as a sheet of paper—there was zero going on inside. I could still walk, talk, breathe, and function; I just couldn't feel any emotions. (2.7)
Now that Gemma's started feeling emotions, she doesn't even recognize herself anymore. Before this, she was basically a robot going through the motions of normal human life, but suddenly she has to sit with all her feelings. How uncomfortable and exciting.
Quote #2
Never in my life had I ever had a crush before. Although I wasn't even sure if what I was feeling toward the new guy qualified as a crush. If a crush was something that could cause a strange mix of emotions to bubble up inside me and leave me incapable to stop thinking about the new guy then yep, I had a crush. (3.1)
Who is this girl who's crushing hard on a boy she's just met? This isn't the girl that Gemma is used to being at all, so obviously she starts freaking out while trying to hide her attraction from Alex, the aforementioned cute boy.
Quote #3
The book told a story of a girl who had a superpower. It got me wondering what it would be like to have a superpower of my own. What if I could have been some extraordinary person with the ability to help the world, instead of a loner/freak girl? (4.82)
Talk about a bit of foreshadowing. Gemma thinks that she's nothing special, but doesn't know the truth yet: She is someone who is destined to help the world. She just has to discover how special she really is.
Quote #4
"Oh." I wasn't sure if he was telling the truth or not. He sounded like he was though. "Well, I like music, especially the soul speaking kind."
His expression fell into a look of horror. (7.156-157)
Because Alex knows Gemma's whole back story (even more than she knows about herself), he's surprised and horrified to learn that she actually likes music. After all, unemotional people aren't supposed to enjoy "soul speaking" tunes.
Quote #5
"I was out with… a friend," I told her, knowing how unnatural the word "friend" sounded coming out of my mouth.
She narrowed her eyes. "You don't have any friends." (7.178-179)
Sophia obviously doesn't have much faith in Gemma's social skills. When Gemma says that she's been out with a friend, her grandmother immediately acts like she's lying. It's too out of character for Gemma to just be hanging out with other teenagers.
Quote #6
What was happening to me? Was I heading towards an emotional breakdown? Was I going to end up locked away in a padded cell somewhere, screaming at the top of my lungs that everything I said was true—that I wasn't crazy? (12.2)
Everything that's going on has Gemma suspecting that she might be going insane. After all, seeing ice demons, suddenly feeling emotions, and being transported to Las Vegas by magic in the space of a few months? That's pretty crazy.
Quote #7
Yeah, I understood what it meant. He was saying that for the last eighteen years, I had been harboring a fallen star's energy inside of me. Some piece of a freaking solar system's sun. But as crazy as it sounded, it kind of made sense. I mean, I had been hollow and emotionally numb until an invisible prickle had released my emotions. (14.7)
Okay, so Alex's story about the fallen star changes everything for Gemma. She's always known that she was different from her peers, but this makes her a total anomaly—she has a freaking star hanging out inside of her.
Quote #8
My head snapped up. "No." I sat up straight. I was going to have to tough it out. "I need to hear the rest; otherwise, it will drive me crazy." (14.18)
All of this information that Alex is dropping on Gemma overwhelms her, but she's not going to run away from the truth. She has to learn everything about herself—even if it's scary.
Quote #9
"Then it's not a tattoo?"
"Not exactly. It appeared on my skin when I turned into a vampire." He paused, his Adam's apple noticeably bubbling up and down as he swallowed hard. "It happens to everyone that turns immortal." (17.161-162)
Everyone that Gemma meets in the magical world seems to have no choice about what kind of being they are. These marks appear on their skin showing they're a vampire, witch, Keeper, or Foreseer—and when the marks appear, they just have to go with it. Resistance, as they say, is futile.
Quote #10
I thought I heard a loud crash, but my eyelids were too heavy to open. Everything shifted black, and then…
I was gone. (36.65-66)
What will become of Gemma at the very end? If Stephan succeeds in taking away her thoughts and her soul, she'll no longer be the same person. Heck, she won't really be anybody at all.