How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
I love your round head, the brilliant green, the watching blue, these letters, this world, you. I am very, very hungry. (20.1)
Ulysses's poem to Flora is sweet, perhaps most of all because he's the only one who spells out his feelings for her. Flora is touched by the little guy's words, even if William thinks the squirrel doesn't have a gift with poetry.
Quote #5
"I want things to be normal. I want a daughter who is happy. I want her to have friends who aren't squirrels. I don't want her to end up unloved and all alone in the world. But it doesn't matter, does it?" (48.23)
One of Flora's mom's concerns is that her daughter will end up unloved. Yikes, that's pretty dark for a mom to say. Still, it shows us that it's not just Flora who is obsessed with love—love really is a big deal.
Quote #6
He loved the world. He loved all of it: smoke rings and lonely squids and giant donuts and Flora Belle Buckman's round head and all the wonderful thoughts inside of it. He loved William Spiver and his expanding universe. (54.11)
When Ulysses sits down to write his poem, he thinks about his life. Unsurprisingly, he hearts Flora, but he also loves a bunch of other things about the world, too. For our part, we love his bright and cheery attitude.