How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Never in my fourteen looong years have I felt the slightest bit normal—except for my day with Ella and her mom, Dr. Martinez. (40.1)
Dr. Martinez and Ella give Max something way more valuable than medical attention or freshly baked cookies: the chance to feel like a normal kid, if only for a little bit.
Quote #5
I'd decided to give them a sort-of present. I felt they deserved it.
Would they think I looked goofy? What did we—the flock—look like to outsiders? I had no idea, and I didn't have time to start caring. (48.14-15)
The flock members have so little contact with the outside world that Max literally doesn't know what people would think of her little secret. So when she shows Ella and Dr. Martinez her wings, she's kind of nervous. What if they think she's a freak?
Quote #6
At one point a whitecoat came in and dumped another "experiment" into the crate next to mine. I glanced over, curious, then quickly turned away, my heart aching. It looked enough like a kid to make me feel sick, but more like a horrible fungus. (63.10)
If the flock members already feel like freaks, then it must be so much worse for the failed experiments at the School. Those poor kids don't even have a chance of blending into normal society.