How we cite our quotes: (Story.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Kizzy hated it all, and she kind of hated herself too, by association. She hated mirrors, hated her ankles, hated her hair. She wanted to climb out of her life as if it were a seashell she could abandon on a shore and walk away from, barefoot. (1.1.5)
Poor Kizzy is going through the typical teenage period of utter self-loathing. There have been so many movies based on this exact experience.
Quote #2
The goblins want girls who dream so hard about being pretty their yearning leaves a palpable trail, a scent goblins can follow like sharks on a soft bloom of blood. The girls with hungry eyes who pray each night to wake up as someone else. Urgent, unkissed, wishful girls. (1.P.3)
Goblins prey on the sort of girls who desperately want to be someone else, who want to escape their humdrum lives and experience real romance. It's obvious that Kizzy is one of these girls, which is why the goblins find her so tasty.
Quote #3
She drank too much coffee, smoked, had a thrilling singing voice when she could be persuaded to use it, and was saddled with a terrible nickname at school that she feared would follow her through life. (1.1.10)
Through her coffee-drinking and smoking, Kizzy is trying to form her image as the nonchalant school rebel, since she's never going to be accepted into the realm of the popular kids.