How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
The tears started in my eyes. I wanted to hold her in that moment forever, framed by that door. "Grandma," I said, "you're beautiful."
She waved me away, but she was. (5.111-112)
Grandma Dowdel might be too big and unfeminine for most people to consider her a good-looking woman, but Mary Alice sees her grandmother as absolutely beautiful.
Quote #5
By April Bootsie took time out from her busy schedule to bring me offerings. One afternoon I found a robin's egg on my bed. Had the robin flown in the open window and laid it? But no, Bootsie must have carried it in her mouth all the way up the house for me. I was touched. (6.9)
Bootsie may prefer living in the cob house and catching her own food (instead of eating what Mary Alice gives her), but that doesn't mean she's abandoned her human friends altogether. She still stops by for little visits. Cat love. Is there anything sweeter?
Quote #6
When Royce filled the door, I thought of Joey. Royce was that tall, that broad across the shoulders. Then I fumbled the doorknob because my lacy handkerchief was a damp ball in my hand. I'd ripped it in two. And I wished I'd have some perfume to wear, just a dab behind each ear, in case that worked on a boy. (6.81)
Mary Alice frets when Royce shows up at Grandma Dowdel's house. It's clear that she's got the kind of crush that might inspire her to refresh his Instagram feed every two seconds just to see what's new...if they had social media back in 1937, that is.