How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
I wanted to tell her, right then, that this wasn't true. That I was far from the girl who had everything; that I wasn't even that girl in the pictures, if I ever had been. No one's life was really like that, one glorious moment after another, especially mine. (11.52)
Modeling feels like a kind of lie to Annabel. Her Kopf's commercial makes it seem like she has this glossy privileged life, but that's not the truth at all—no one's life is that idealized.
Quote #8
Even though it had pretty much dominated our family dynamic for almost a year, I'd never heard Whitney acknowledge her problem out loud. Like so much else, it was known but not discussed, present but not officially accounted for. (12.35)
Whitney's been lying to herself by refusing to acknowledge that she has a problem, which keeps her from really healing. When she does admit to it though, she starts to slowly get better.
Quote #9
"Sophie," I said. I was almost whispering now. "It wasn't what you think." (13.181)
Sophie isn't interested in hearing the truth or changing her mind. This becomes increasingly clear when she rejects Emily's accusation that Will Cash raped her and, instead of standing by her friends, she just continues to believe the lies that Will feeds to her.