How we cite our quotes: Chapter.Paragraph
Quote #1
She changes her hair color the way normal people change their underwear. We used to be a lot closer, before she went to high school and dropped me like a piping-hot bag of microwave popcorn. (1.6)
Beth has a new hair color every week—literally. Mia tells us that her sister changes it so much that it's hard to keep the color straight. Her description of her older sis isn't exactly the most flattering, but she still looks up to her in some ways. She wants Beth to hang out with her and like her, that's why it's a bummer that Beth doesn't want to anymore.
Quote #2
"There's a lot of weirdness in your family," Jenna says, picking at a scab on her elbow. She doesn't even know about my own personal brand of weirdness. (1.24)
Ouch. Jenna has no trouble telling Mia how it is. Mia knows her family is a little wacky (that's putting it mildly), but she loves them to pieces anyway. Their strangeness helps her fit in. In her family of misfits, Mia feels right at home seeing colors dancing around on the wall.
Quote #3
They are my dad's parents, but my mother was very close to them. Her own parents are still alive in Florida, but we don't see them because they won't fly. I think there's more to the story, something to do with "marrying beneath one's station." (2.16)
While Mia doesn't know the whole story about her mom's parents, she can tell that there's no love lost between them. She fills us in on the fact that they were closest to her dad's parents, Mia's the grandparents who both die before the book starts.