How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"It's no place for a kid right now. I'll drop you off at school and go to the hospital, but I'll pick you up right after and take you to her […] I'll pick you up sooner if…if I need to." (18.20)
Another word nobody can say in this book, besides "cancer"? Any variant of the word "death." This is a seriously euphemistic family. We're betting things are gonna get awkward when it comes time to chat about the birds and the bees (speaking of euphemisms).
Quote #8
"A couple of different things they've tried haven't worked like they wanted them to. And they've not worked a lot sooner than they were hoping they wouldn't. If that makes any sense." (19.15)
Conor's mom is already on the last-ditch drug when she tells him this. Once we know the drug's made of yew trees and she's not improving, we pretty much know there's no hope (as if we hadn't suspected that from the beginning of the book).