How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
As he picked up his phone and left the room, I looked back at Dave's house. His parents seemed nice enough, hardly the strict Gulag types Heather had described. But then again, as Riley had said, no one was really normal, and you couldn't tell a thing from the outside anyway. (3.285)
No family is perfect, and you can't tell what complicated things are going on inside any household when you're just an outsider. That's how Mclean feels when she sees Dave's relationship with his parents—in a way, it's just as messy as her own relationship with her mom.
Quote #5
Ever since the divorce, and my ensuing that I did in fact have a choice and an opinion concerning it, I'd justified every bit of my anger toward my mom simply because of how she'd wrecked my dad. (6.197)
Mclean's mom certainly messed up big. She's going to have to do a lot more than invite her daughter to the beach and send her books about college applications to win her back.
Quote #6
But in the real world, you couldn't just split a family down the middle, mom on one side, dad on the other, with the child divided equally between. It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again. (6.218)
Like a paper doll, Mclean's been split in two and can't be repaired perfectly again. She'll never be able to see her family—even with their good memories—in the same light again. What a bummer.