How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I tried to take some pride where I could. If I was going to be a dropout loser, then I was going to be the best dropout loser. That pride came with some complications because it always depressed me to spot anyone, short of a manager, working fast food over the age of eighteen. I didn't look in any mirrors until I got home and out of my uniform. It was better that way. (1.12)
For someone who aspires to be "the best dropout loser," Sam sure seems ashamed of his job. He does have a point though: What twenty-year-old wants to be working in the fast food industry?
Quote #2
My room isn't what I'd call a haven. Right now it's more like ghosts of Sam's past […] Most people felt lost after high school. Sometimes I felt like I'd never really been found in the first place. (4.60)
Drifting aimlessly through life without direction is probably pretty normal for a lot of twenty-somethings, but in Sam's case, there's a reason for it. With his necromancy powers bound, the thing he's actually supposed to be doing is off limits, making all other attempts at interests and careers fail.
Quote #3
[Ramon] picked up some books on voodoo, death, and the spirit world. If he'd waited until after my meeting, I might have been able to narrow down his choices. He just had to borrow books on necromancers. I swallowed thickly. We weren't only researching Douglas anymore. We were researching me. (9.38)
If you were to mention necromancy to Sam before this whole ordeal went down, he probably would have laughed in your face. Not anymore. As he begins to accept it as part of his identity, he also acknowledges that it exists—and that the literature on the subject is legitimate.