Quote 1
I continued to stare at the traffic light, which glowed red. Suddenly a green arrow popped on, pointing left, and the row of cars like obedient animals all went left. I laughed out loud. (5.3.19)
Adah is amused by the rules of urban American life. (It's all fun and games until someone doesn't follow the traffic laws.) Are the people following these urban laws civilized people or merely blindly obedient—and is being blindly obedient the best way to stay safe in countries like the U.S.?
Quote 2
Was I the booby prize? [...] Am I alive only because Ruth May is dead? (5.3.22)
Adah's a little different than her sisters. She doesn't blame herself for Ruth May's death; she blames Ruth May's death for her own life.
Quote 3
You would be free too. And I didn't want that. I wanted you to remember what he did to us. (5.12.48)
While Rachel and Leah don't blame their mother for what happened to them (or they don't articulate it), Adah makes no qualms about her mother's culpability. She wants to make sure she lives with the guilt. (Hey, daddy issues aren't the only issues these girls have.)