How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Wait, Re." Liam runs after me. "You be the daddy. Daddies are cool. You can come home with a surprise for Mommy. Like you won a million dollars, so you bought me a new house and a car." (2.16)
From an early age Liam's been giving off pretty clear signals that he wants to be a girl. After all, aren't most little boys convinced that all girls have cooties?
Quote #2
Pretty. A word for girls. The way handsome described boys. Liam was right; people did use boy and girl language. They expected different behaviors. When kids acted "out of role," as Liam put it, they were labeled tomboys or sissies. (6.25)
Even the kids that Regan babysits for know gender normative words to describe themselves. No one ever strays out of this, and it can be pretty difficult for people like Luna, who don't fit into their expected roles.
Quote #3
Most girls spend hours and hours working on themselves so they'll be striking, eye-catching, desirable. Liam would give everything to live one day as a plain, ordinary girl. (6.84)
Poor Liam—he doesn't want to be special or unique. He just wants to be a girl that no one would look at twice on the street.