How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
In addition, I was beginning to understand how the past can seem more alive than the present. I thought of Agatha all the time. (11.38)
All this reminiscing and time line creation mean that Georgie really is beginning to spend a lot of time in the past as it exists in her own head. Do we see any consequences of this? Is she starting to lose her mind?
Quote #8
I began a countdown in my head. Four months ago (February), Billy had proposed marriage to Agatha. Three months ago (March), the pigeons had migrated over Placid, and Agatha had spun underneath them. Two months ago (April) Mr. Olmstead and Agatha had courted, and the pigeons had nested. One month ago (May), Agatha had kissed Billy, and the nesting had broken, along with Agatha's ties to Mr. Olmstead. Agatha had been angry with me, but I'd honestly thought—and I hesitate to admit this—that it was all over. Life would return to the way it had been previously. Agatha would have no other choice but to run the store with me. So only one month ago, I'd felt relieved. (16.17)
So now it's a countdown and not a time line. We have to admit, a lot has happened in four months. And now Georgie stands at ground zero, her sister gone and her world unraveling.
Quote #9
Seemed like I'd lived two lifetimes already. My first thirteen years took an uneventful forever, but this second lifetime? Why, it took all of three days: Billy and I had left on a Saturday night. I'd met a cougar on Sunday. I'd been in Dog Hollow on Monday. And today was Tuesday. On Tuesday, I'd been to the nowhere place and Garrow Farm, made a marriage proposal, and found money in a cave. Would this Tuesday never end? (16.19)
Georgie does something interesting with time here: She bends it to suit her purposes. She has two lifetimes, one with Agatha, and one agonizing one without her.