How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
That's what I love about writing. Once you get the words down on paper, in print, they start to make sense. It's like you don't know what you think until it dribbles from your brain down your arm and into your hand and out through your fingers and shows up on the computer screen, and you read it and realize: That's really true; I believe that. (1.42)
John loves the fact that things become true when he writes them, almost as though he is searching for more truth in his life.
Quote #2
The only thing I still needed to do was put my name on the cover and I'd be finished with my zine. But who was I? Marisol might not be her real name. Maybe she just liked that stuff about the "bitter sun." Like I said, you can be "true" without always telling the truth. (1.54)
Hmm… is that accurate? Can something be true without telling the truth? We're not sure about that one. After all, lying about his name gets John (or should we say, Gio) in a lot of trouble with Marisol. It makes her wonder whether he's trustworthy at all.
Quote #3
"It's a lie, you know, to pretend that nothing is important to you. It's hiding. Believe me, I know, because I hid for a long time. But now I won't do it anymore. The truth is bioluminescent. I don't lie, and I don't waste time on people who do." (2.61)
For Marisol, truth matters so much because she was once in the closet. It's not about being gay or straight, though—to her, it's about lying or telling the truth. She yearns for the truth now in everything because she can't stand what lies do to her.