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.