How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I liked my freedom, and I didn't want to do anything to give my mom a reason to take a pay cut and get a local job to keep an eye on me. (2.30)
Nora's mom has sacrificed a lot since Nora's father's sudden murder. She used to be a stay-at-home mom, but after the murder, she took a job coordinating auction sales, which requires a lot of travel. At other parts of the book, we learn that it is a very demanding job with long hours, and Mrs. Grey doesn't like having to be away from her home and daughter so much. Nora doesn't seem to get the extent of her mom's sacrifice, though, and instead she just thinks about how she likes some of the liberties it affords her.
Quote #2
'You belong to a cult?' I realized too late that while I sounded surprised, I shouldn't have.
'As it turns out, I'm in need of a healthy female sacrifice. I'd planned on luring her into trusting me first, but if you're ready now…" (2.76-77)
It seems like Patch is making a bad boy joke. We find out later, though, that this isn't as much of a joke as it seems.
Quote #3
'Can you imagine?' Vee said. 'Living your whole life never having a clue that the only reason you're being kept alive is to be used as a sacrifice?' (3.82)
At this point, neither the readers nor Nora know that there are forces already at work behind the scenes planning her sacrifice. In the world of literature, we call things like this symbolism and foreshadowing, folks.