How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Yes." She confirms it. "You used to just be." She explains this like she doesn't really want to hear it. It's more a case that she has to say it. "Now you're somebody, Ed. I don't know everything about what you've done and what you've been through, but I don't know— you seem further away now." (3.8.45)
Hmm… so Ed was a nobody and Audrey liked that about him, even though his mom was constantly ragging on him to change. It's not just that everyone has low expectations for his life—we also learn that this is how people want him to behave in some ways. For Audrey, the ordinary way Ed acts is safe to her, and she wants him to stay that way.