How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
With enough time and age her envy of her friends' lives had diminished and become manageable; but still, even now, when the Christmas letter arrived Jules allowed herself to experience a new, small surge of a very old feeling. (3.1)
Notice that Jules "allowed herself" to feel jealousy, like it's a treat or something, a bit of ice cream when you're trying to eat healthily. For all of the ways that being so jealous seems to make Jules miserable, it also seems like she kind of enjoys it.
Quote #2
This concentrated and renewed burst of ancient Ash-and-Ethan envy had turned Jules into someone shameful. And it wasn't as if Ash and Ethan didn't have problems too. First of all, they had a son with an autism-spectrum disorder. (3.60)
This is really the only thing Jules ever brings up that's wrong with Ethan and Ash's family. Why is Mo the go-to symbol of them not being overly successful? It's not like having a child on the autism spectrum indicates failure for anyone involved, so we're thinking that Jules's association of this with failure doesn't reflect favorably on her.
Quote #3
But maybe Cathy Kiplinger was annoyed because she was jealous. Everyone wanted to be held by Ash, not even to evoke a sensual feeling but just to have been singled out. (5.6)
What on earth is so special about Ash that everyone wants to be singled out by her? Seriously—what do you think it is that compels people toward her?