How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
[. . .] the cousin was someone who thought a good outward appearance and proper behavior should carry the day. I had seen the cousin a few times with the children she took care of; immediately recognizing each other as foreigners, we tried to form a friendship. It was not a success (3.17).
Drat. Lucy learns that having a foreign status in common doesn't guarantee that friendship will blossom. Why might this be?
Quote #2
The funny thing was that Peggy and I were not alike, either, but that is just what we liked about each other; what we didn't have in common were things we approved of anyway (3.17).
Alright, so we know that this is the honeymoon phase of Peggy and Lucy's friendship and that Peggy's differences later start to drive Lucy bonkers. Why is she so accepting of these differences in the beginning of the friendship?
Quote #3
My friendship with Peggy was reaching a predictable stalemate; the small differences between us were beginning to loom, sometimes becoming the only thing that mattered—like a grain of sand in the eye (4.12).
Um, okay, maybe opposites don't attract after all. The phrase "like a grain of sand in the eye" does a great job of expressing how the differences between Lucy and Peggy have become a total irritant to Lucy.