How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Maybe it will be like it was when I was younger. Maybe again he'll teach in Europe every summer and we'll go with him like we used to. Oh those were the fun, fun times! I'm going to start on a diet this very day. I will be a positively different person by the time we get to our new home, Not one more bite of chocolate or nary a French fried potato will pass my lips till I've lost ten globby pounds of lumpy lard. And I'm going to make a completely new wardrobe. (6.1)
This is the kind of positive thinking that only brings disappointment. Seems counter-intuitive, right? But do you think Alice is really capable of being a whole new person, with a whole new wardrobe, who can avoid chocolate and fries forever and ever? Even people with colossal willpower can't always pull that off. But we give Alice points for trying.
Quote #2
He even said he was a little frightened and lonely about going away by himself for the first time, and he told me how he wanted to become an aeronautical engineer and work on new techniques for air travel. He's got some wonderful ideas! It's almost like reading Jules Verne, and he has so many plans for his life, with the Army and all. (57.3)
This is the time in their lives to make those kinds of plans. Aspirations of grandeur and lofty goals are the benchmarks of adolescence; everyone thinks they'll grow up and change the world.
Quote #3
Chris and I are about ready to cut out. She has a friend in San Francisco who could help us get a job, and since we've both had experience in a boutique it shouldn't be that hard. (74.3)
This is quite the plan. They have less than a year of experience combined, they've never lived on their own, and they are relying on a friend to get them a job. Keep dreaming, girls, because this is fantasy.