Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from Luna.
Family Quotes
Yeah, I loved her. I couldn't help it. She was my brother. (1.23)
Jealousy Quotes
Advanced Placement Physics, I noted with more than a twinge of resentment. He couldn't share a few IQ points with his only sister, could he? (2.24)
Lies and Deceit Quotes
Whatever Dad had said in the house that day had caused a rift in Liam's universe. A black hole had opened up and swallowed him whole. Swallowed her—Lia Marie, her first chosen name. She'd receded...
Suffering Quotes
He was just angry about his life, which I could understand. It must be horrible to be in the wrong body, to have this dual identity. I knew he suffered. I just wished he wouldn't take it out on me....
Courage Quotes
"I can't do it," Liam says. "I can't even do it. I can't do anything right. I'm wrong. All wrong." (8.67)
Gender Quotes
"Wait, Re." Liam runs after me. "You be the daddy. Daddies are cool. You can come home with a surprise for Mommy. Like you won a million dollars, so you bought me a new house and a car." (2.16)
Identity Quotes
Was his fascination with playing house the first indication I had that Liam was different? In his head and heart he knew he was a girl? That he was transgender. (2.21)
Prejudice Quotes
He told me once there was no place for him in the world, that he didn't fit in anywhere. He really was off the scale. Boy by day, girl by night. Except, he was a girl all the time, inside. (6.31)
Society and Class Quotes
He wasn't crazy about Mom's job. Specifically, her elevating her own status from Wife and Mother to More Significant Other. Not that he was sexist or anything, just boring and conventional. (2.34)
Transformation Quotes
"Luna," she repeated softly, more to herself than me. "Appropriate, wouldn't you say? A girl who can only be seen by moonlight?" (1.13)