How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
My world is upside down and inside out and scrambled like mush and it's really horrible, and I feel like I have this great, big, giant emptiness inside of me. (10.1)
Corinna has to redefine herself as a motherless child. The emptiness is partly the absence of Sophie, but it's also the absence of the self she knew.
Quote #5
This fall, Dad hasn't missed a single game, home or away, but he's kind of like a scarecrow. He stands there in his khakis and Orioles baseball hat, silent, tall, thin, kind of blowing around in the wind. (10.67)
Here's another example of being alone even when you're surrounded by people. Corinna's not the only one with an emptiness inside, and just because you still have to be someone's parent doesn't mean you can automatically get it together.
Quote #6
The other day, I heard my dad telling someone over the phone that I've been spending a lot of time in my room and that I was playing a lot of sad music. Like he hasn't […] then my dad said, "Yeah, we're kind of going through the motions of life, doing our best." (22.51)
Corinna and her dad have to go through the motions until they figure out what this new life is going to look like. They have to live it until they define it and it becomes normal. It's fake it 'til you make it in the worst of ways.