How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Now fast-forward. The earth is still making loops around the sun. There are humans all over the place, driving in cars and flying in airplanes. And then one day one human tells another human that he doesn't want to talk to school wit her anymore.
"Does it really matter?" I asked myself.
It did. (38.3-5)
In the first paragraph, Miranda zooms out on the earth and asks if, in the grand scheme of things, one tiny little friendship means anything. She decides it does. What do you think?
Quote #8
Julia watched Annemarie. And I watched Julia watching Annemarie. And what I saw were eyes that were sixty-percent-cacao chocolate, a face that was café au lait, and an expression that was so familiar it made my whole body ring like a bell. Julia's look was my look. My looking at Sal.
And suddenly I knew three things:
First, it was Julia who had left the rose for Annemarie.
Second, Julia cared about Annemarie, but Annemarie didn't see it. Because I was standing in the way.
Third, Alice Evans was about to pee in her pants. (41.3-7)
The broken friendship between Julia and Annemarie is a mirror of Sal and Miranda's. Why, though, do you think Julia leaves Annemarie the rose?
Quote #9
"So when can we go back to normal?" I asked.
"That's the thing, Mira. It wasn't normal. I didn't have any other friends! Not real friends."
Neither did I! I wanted to say. And then I realized – that was his whole point. We'd only had each other. It has been that way forever. (47.27-29)
In this chapter (47), Sal tells Miranda why he stops walking home from school with her. What reasons does he give earlier in the chapter? What does Sal mean about their friendship not being "normal"?