How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Maybe your plan won't work out. We need a backup," Celia said.
"You'll kill him."
She looked up at the secret camera. "I'd die rather than let that happen." (20.36-38)
Celia and Tam Lin are up to something regarding Matt. And once we learn just what that something is, Celia has won our hearts forever.
Quote #8
"Either you press that scorpion and we escape together, or we stay here and starve together. I'm not leaving you! Now or ever!" (22.76)
Way to go María! She's the one calling the shots in this scene, and it's a good thing, because Matt seems almost unable to make a choice.
Quote #9
Everything was ready for me. Tam Lin gave me maps and food and showed me how to climb mountains. I didn't understand. I didn't want to understand. (23.3)
Matt recognizes his own choice of blindness here. He didn't want to make any decisions that would change his life, so he opted to ignore the obvious, because it was easier that way. But now he knows – you have to choose to face the facts.