How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
It will be amazing in the way that girl walking through the park is. I see her in her hideous green skirt, acting as if her mind isn't beating with what her body knows. Although I'm still in the process of meeting her, I've already decided to like her.
Not because she's curious, careful, kind, and intense. But because she's let somebody else discover that about her and love her for it. (20.58-59)
Compare this confident, glowing young woman to the cautious, quiet Ellen from the beginning of the book and you can see how much she's matured over the course of less than a year.