How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Aren't my life and my feelings the same thing?" (6.1)
Grandma asks a good question here. Aren't our lives simply what we make of them? How much of what you consider your life is made up of things that happen to you, and how much is made up of how you react to these things?
Quote #8
I felt that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone. I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it? What's so horrible about being dead forever, and not feeling anything, and not even dreaming? What's so great about feeling and dreaming? (7.19)
First of all, who thought that it was a good idea to give a kid who lost his Dad the part of Yorick (dead, just a dug-up skull) in a school play? Anyway, leave it to Shakespeare to trigger the big questions in life. Oskar finds it hard to go on having to manage his grief every day. We hope Dr. Fein can shape up and help him.
Quote #9
When I looked at you, my life made sense. Even the bad things made sense. They were necessary to make you possible. (12.216)
Grandma sees life's meaning in future generations, and she accepts everything that has happened—the good and the bad—as essential to creating Oskar. There are a lot of random things in the universe that have to align to make life happen.