How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
There's the day I found I was alive, he thought, and why isn't it brighter than the others? (27.10)
Doug wants the dandelion wine bottled on the day of his epiphany to appear brighter than all the other bottles. But it doesn't. Because you know what? The world is a whole lot bigger than one life—and the dandelion wine is a subtle reminder here that Doug is just one of oh so many people.
Quote #8
"Time is so strange and life is twice as strange. The cogs miss, the wheels turn, and lives interlace too early or too late." (28.116)
This both seems to be a reference to fate—things are set in motion sort of mysteriously, as if by a higher power—and to fate derailed. It's an interesting tension.
Quote #9
Downstairs, she thought, they are polishing the silver, and rummaging the cellar, and dusting in the halls. She could hear them living all through the house. (32.41)
This is the last sound Great-grandma Spaulding hears before she dies. Have you ever thought about what you'd like to listen to in your final moments? It's a morbid question, but an interesting one.