How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I had no idea how anyone would describe me, or what would come to mind at the sound of my name. I was just Annabel. (1.73)
Annabel doesn't really know what her place is in life. She's the youngest (and sometimes overlooked) kid in her family, and she doesn't even have a friend group to define herself at school anymore. What's a girl to do?
Quote #2
"You could take classes and still model," my mother said. "It doesn't have to be an either/or situation."
"Yes it does," Kristen replied. "For me, it does." (3.140-141)
Kristen is the first girl in their family to assert her independence and declare that she doesn't want to stay in the family business of modeling anymore. Good for her, right?
Quote #3
"Because, really, you've never done anything without me. From the day we met, I'm the one who's gotten all the guys, found out about all the parties. Before you met me, you were just sitting around passing tissues to Ca-larke Rebbolds." (6.35)
Well, that's rude—Sophie sees Annabel as just an extension of herself, as a hanger-on rather than a fully realized person. Maybe that's why Annabel is so afraid to lose Sophie.
Quote #4
Like maybe she was right, that without her I really would be nothing. A part of me know this wasn't true, but there was this small sliver of doubt, nagging like a splinter. (6.40)
Annabel remains friends with Sophie (even though she can often be mean and nasty) because she's afraid that she won't be anything without Sophie—she's not sure if she has enough of a personality or individual self to stand on.
Quote #5
"My point is, I don't know you as someone who gets their picture taken in a cheerleading outfit. Or even as a model, period. That's not you to me." (11.115)
Owen's come to know Annabel as her true self instead of someone who models or is friends with Sophie. Unlike the rest of the world, he tries to get to know her on a deeply personal level.
Quote #6
My hair was unbrushed, a few strands loose around my face, I had on no makeup, and it wasn't my best angle. It also wasn't a bad picture. I moved in closer, studying my face, the faint light behind it. (11.160)
Even though it may not be a professional shot where she has her hair and makeup done, Annabel recognizes herself in the picture that Owen takes. It's a truer representation of herself—and that's not a bad thing.
Quote #7
The one thing I didn't do, though, all the way home, was look at myself. Not in the side mirror. Not in the rearview. (13.158)
After being raped, Annabel doesn't want to look at herself in the mirror. She knows that she's changed—that everything has changed—but she doesn't want to face that reality yet.
Quote #8
Our mistake was that we'd both thought I was capable of changing. That I had changed. In the end though, that was the biggest lie of all. (15.28)
Annabel just doesn't see herself as the kind of brash, strong girl who can handle confrontation. Maybe that's why after she ditches Owen at the club, she doesn't chase him down and explain everything, and instead just lets it go and resigns herself to the fact that their friendship is over.
Quote #9
"I am the middle sister," she read. "The on in between. Not oldest, not youngest, not boldest, not nicest. I am the shade of gray, the glass half empty or full, depending on your view. In my life, there has been little that I have done first or better than the one preceding or following me. Of all of us, though, I am the one who has been broken." (16.150)
Huh. Wasn't Annabel the one who was saying that she was the shade of gray in the family? It seems like her other sisters are having a hard time defining themselves in the family—and in the larger world—as well.
Quote #10
It was the picture I was holding that afternoon when I finally got up the nerve to call Andrea Thomlinson, the woman whose card Emily had given me. (18.110)
So even though Annabel thinks that she's not strong like Emily, she ends up doing exactly what Emily does in the end—she goes to the authorities and decides to testify against Will Cash, even though it means facing her worst fears. Maybe she shouldn't have underestimated herself so much.