How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Every war has turning points, and every person too. (1.15.1)
And… there we go. You knew that pesky little war was eventually going to interfere with the idyllic lives of the English cousins, didn't you? It's about the halfway point of Part 1 of this novel, and this line gives us the foreboding sense that everything's about to change and the war is coming closer to home.
Quote #5
It was more or less a known fact that the whole situation was temporary and by the time the British Forces could get organized again it would all be over and the Occupiers would be History, i.e., dead, but I guess the invaders were trying to Make a Point and had never really expected it to turn out happily ever after for them. (1.17.21)
Daisy, now immersed in the war, makes a point about how pointless and futile the violence and endless turmoil can seem. What's the point of entering a war that you know your side will lose? Is making a point really worth all these lives?
Quote #6
What impressed me was how simple it seemed to be to throw a whole country into chaos by dumping a bunch of poison into some of the water supplies and making sure no one could get electricity or phone connections and setting off a few big bombs here and there in tunnels and government buildings and airports. (1.17.23)
Yeah, no big deal, it looks so easy—let's all just start wars (j/k). Daisy does make a good point about how dependent we are on technology, however. Even without the poison and bombs, cutting off communication technology would throw a country completely into chaos.