How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
There is nothing more to say, dear Diary, except I love you, and I love life and I love God. Oh I do. I really do. (170.2)
Just her cycle coming full circle again: Slip into old habits, run away and do terrible things while high, realize she's an idiot and call home for help, turn to religion for comfort and security. Wash, rinse, repeat.
Quote #8
But inside I'm old and hard and I'm probably responsible for I don't know how many junior high and grade school kids getting hung up, and they probably have turned around and hung up other kids. How can God ever forgive me? Why would He want to? (185.2)
We wish Alice had gone to someone she trusted who understood her religion to answer these questions. Perhaps they could have offered her some real comfort and an ability to process everything that's happened. But that would require her to actually tell someone something of worth, so, never mind.
Quote #9
He's also a very spiritual kind of person, not really religious but spiritual, and he feels very deeply. I think most kids in our generation do. Even on drug trips, many kids think they see God or that they are communing with heavenly things. (227.2)
There's a good reason why people on hallucinogens have religious experiences: Many people are exposed from a very early age to religious ideas and archetypes that linger, even if they don't consider themselves particularly religious.