How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
In real life, no one looks at anyone else very long. I can always tell if someone is looking at me. Most people can, I think. Because when someone does look at you, and you notice it, you look back at them, and they look away, right? Especially strangers. (9.9)
Now that Bobby is invisible, he has all the time in the world to stare at people without them noticing—that's why he's able to check Alicia out for so long the first time he sees her. That's one perk of this whole situation.
Quote #5
She says to Alicia, "What does this young man wear when you meet with him?"
And Alicia says, "On really cold days, he wears Saran Wrap, but most of the time he's naked." Mrs. Van Dorn is not amused by this. (14.4-5)
Leave it to a mom to worry more about Bobby's nakedness than the fact that he's invisible. Mrs. Van Dorn is not pleased when she finds out that her daughter's been hanging out with a totally nude fifteen-year-old boy. For the record, our moms wouldn't be stoked either.
Quote #6
I gulp. I don't know what to say, but I don't want to sound flustered, so I say, "Another question: What do you see when you think of me? What do I look like in your mind? …Brad Pitt?" (18.120)
Bobby wants Alicia to see him as a total dream boat. If she could actually see his face, would she still be attracted to him? He's hoping that the answer is yes… because he is definitely attracted to her.