How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Actually I think I'd go on home if I weren't so afraid of Richie. I'm sure he'd try to involve me if he could. He's such a weak, conniving, vindictive character. I see so many things about him now that are repulsive that I don't know how I ever got so miserably brainwashed. Guess I was just a stupid, dumb kid asking to be taken, and I was! Man, was I ever! But next time I won't be so stupid, except there won't be any next time! I will never ever, ever, under any circumstances use drugs again. (90.1)
Here comes her loss of innocence. She's starting to see the seedy side of drugs and not just the glamorous aspect of them, and yet she's still pretty naïve because of her insistence that she'll never do them again. Yeah, right… and if frogs had wings they wouldn't bump their butts when they hop.
Quote #8
Well, at least I'm not burned out and I'm not preg. Or maybe I am. I couldn't take the goddamn pill even if I had it. No doper can take the pill because they don't know what the hell day it is. So maybe I am pregnant. So what. There's a pre-med drop out wandering around somewhere who will take care of it. Or maybe some goddamn prick would stomp on me during a freak out and I'd lose it anyway. Or maybe the son-of-a-b**** bomb will go off tomorrow. Who knows? (166.3)
Oh man, Alice's standards have fallen pretty low. It's amazing to compare this statement with the beginning of the diary, where Alice makes herself literally sick worrying over the possibility of being pregnant.
Quote #9
His father died when he was seven and since then he's thought a lot about death and about life. His feelings and ideas are so mature I can hardly believe he isn't a hundred thousand years old! (227.2)
Here we get one more glimpse of how innocent Alice is after everything that's happened. Her wide-eyed wonder at how mature Joel is serves as a reminder that she's still just a kid, and a naïve one at that.