How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Piper suddenly stopped reading and looked at me in her solemn way and said Are you in love with Edmond? […] and then she said Well I'm glad you love him because I do too. (1.13.5)
Bam—Piper gets it. She knows about Daisy and Edmond. And in a beautiful line, she demonstrates both that she isn't as innocent as she looks—girl totally picked up on the not-so-subtle sexual tension there—and that maybe she's even more innocent than she looks, since her only response is that she loves Edmond, too. Does she actually get that what Daisy and Edmond are doing is a little different than friendly brother-sister love? Over to you, Shmoopers.
Quote #8
[…] it was pretty strange to find myself suddenly overwhelmed with attention from the world's biggest warehouse of magical misfits.
And just to complicate matters perfectly, I was starting to feel responsible for their safety and happiness. (1.16.23-24)
This isn't the first time Daisy's described her cousins as magical or given them a somewhat ethereal and fairy-like description. Their lack of corruption by the outside world is almost unreal and fairy tale-like, and given all that Daisy's seen and been through, she feels an overwhelming desire to protect and preserve that.
Quote #9
[…] the presence of Piper with her big eyes and pure soul made him feel like all he wanted was a chance to die to protect her. (1.22.15)
And this is the part of the book where Piper meets a lot of people and every single one of them falls in love with her sweetness and innocence and wants nothing more than to protect her and make her happy. Not that we blame them, because it's totally heartbreaking when Piper's sad, but come on now.