How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
People always talk about how great it is to get older. All I saw were more rules and more adults telling me what I could and couldn't do, in the name of what's "good for me." Yeah, well, asparagus is good for me, but it still makes me want to throw up. (5.20)
Rafe kind of has a point here. Getting older does mean more responsibility and more rules to follow. And some of those rules are totally pointless. (Seriously, we're removing our mattress tags. We don't care what they say.)
Quote #2
Did you ever hear the expression "breaking every rule in the book"?
That was it. That was my Big Idea. Break every rule in the book. Literally. (6.1-2)
This is basically the entire premise of Rafe's story. He's going to break all the rules and fulfill his destiny as the rule-breaking-est kid that ever lived.
Quote #3
First of all, it needed a name. I thought about it for a while and came up with Operation R.A.F.E., which stands for: Rules Aren't For Everyone. (12.1)
Hmm. We've got a little quibble. Is Rafe really saying he's above the rules? Are rules for other people, but not him? Or there shouldn't be rules at all? Or…just that he wants to break rules and wants a slogan that matches his name?