How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
She spoke in Cherokee, but even though I hadn't practiced the language much in the last couple years I understood the words. (5.40)
When Zoey encounters the goddess Nyx in the spirit world, Nyx speaks Cherokee to her… so we guess it's a good thing that Zoey's grandma taught her Cherokee. That was in the past, and though Zoey doesn't really keep up her language skills, she's apparently retained enough to be able to follow along. For the record, we're kind of good at Spanish.
Quote #5
"What is known today as the House of Night was built […] as an Augustine monastery for the People of Faith. Eventually it was converted into Cascia Hall, a private preparatory school for affluent human teenagers. When we decided that we must open a school of our own in this part of the country, we bought it from Cascia Hall five years ago." (7.101)
Thanks, Nefret, for this mini-history lesson about how the House of Night came to be. The building has always had some kind of educational or contemplative function, so it makes sense that it'd be a good place to have a boarding school for vampyres.
Quote #6
"I like the uniforms, which totally shocked me at first. I mean, would anyone expect to like school uniforms? But we can add stuff to them and make them unique, so they don't look like typical stuck-up, boring school uniforms." (8.68)
According to Stevie Rae, the uniforms at the House of Night aren't bad at all—they don't totally squash your individuality like a lot of other school uniforms and they don't look stupid. Seems like if the students aren't bogged down with worrying about how stupid or clone-like they look, learning just might be able to take center stage.