How we cite our quotes: (Story.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Kizzy decided this had to be some beautiful boys' evil club initiation: to tease a freak girl and kill her heart. It was the only explanation. (1.2.44)
Talking to Jack Husk is thrilling, but Kizzy can't help but worry that it's all some kind of mean joke. Maybe he's just talking to her in order to make fun of her later with the popular kids…
Quote #2
Most days I believe in the curse with all my heart. I believe that I might kill with no more effort than it takes others to sing or pray. Those days are easy. My voice sleeps and I have no terrible impulses to speak. But some days I wake with doubts and worse, spite, and every moment speech trembles on my lips so that I have to bite them. (2.5.2)
There's a reason that Anamique has never uttered a single sound in her whole life: She's afraid the curse is real and that she'll be responsible for taking a life. In this way, her life is governed by fear.
Quote #3
It was his shadow, and it was crisp beneath the lamps of the Agent's gates now, as if it had never been gone. Inside the little parcel, on the brown paper, was scrawled one word. Believe.
James' soul trembled, just a little. (2.8.33-34)
James may not believe in supernatural beings or curses, but the loss and subsequent return of his shadow definitely puts him on edge. Maybe Estella and her servant aren't crazy and he shouldn't be so insistent about asking Anamique to speak aloud.