How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Half of her face is intact, but the other side is missing. The skin on the deformed side is withered and scarred, as if the cheek and jaw had been carved away with a large knife. (15.40)
Or maybe a Vidromek windshield, and maybe she's just been waiting for someone like Marcelo to come along. Sure, he's an unlikely hero. But just because Marcelo doesn't totally understand human suffering, doesn't mean he can't work to relieve some of it.
Quote #5
I have been around kids that suffer at Paterson, at St. Elizabeth's. It's like I have walked among them without noticing the pain that must exist beneath their skin. Now I notice the girl in the picture and feel as if I were responsible for her pain. (16.4)
What made Marcelo more sensitive to Ixtel's suffering than other kids'? Was it the fact that she was so outwardly disfigured, or that his father was willing to allow it to happen to others?
Quote #6
One day Abba saw me looking at the portrait and she said, "That's Jesus' heart. It shows how he feels for us." Then she took the picture down and sat beside me on her bed. "The thorns are His sorrow for all that we suffer, and the flame is His love." (16.5)
When most people feel a flame in their heart, they call it heartburn, but most people aren't Jesus.