How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Line)
Quote #7
"You crying, man?" Rayray said. He looked confused and surprised. He was standing just a few feet away from his friend. But he didn't move toward Trevor. Didn't try to lift him up out of the snow. "I can't believe you're crying," he said. (14.54)
Trevor always makes fun of people—even his "friends"—for their weaknesses, so when he shows vulnerability, the other kids jump on it. Instead of showing compassion, they laugh at him.
Quote #8
"I want to introduce y'all," Trevor said, pointing at me. "To Mrs. Jesus." Some kids laughed. I saw Raray flick his eyes at Trevor.
"Come on off it already, Trev," I heard him say. "It's getting tired. That boy ain't doing nothing to you. Frannie ain't either." (18.12-13)
It looks like Rayray isn't going to be Trevor's right hand man any longer. He's moved onto making friends with other people—people who will be nicer to him. He's not going to put up with the class bully any longer.
Quote #9
We'd been friends for so many years, I'd stopped counting. She was one of the few people outside my family who knew about the pock scars on my hand. When I'd showed them to her, all those years ago, she was the one who'd said, "Those could be nail holes." (19.5)
Frannie and Samantha aren't just friends because they sit together at lunch and share the same walking route every single day—Frannie knows that she can tell Samantha all her deepest darkest secrets, and Samantha will find the good in them.