How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Quickly I looked around to see if I could find anyone—any hunter going to practice shooting beer cans, any boy on a motorbike—to whom I could show this remarkable sight while it lasted. (13.14)
When Dillard sees a mosquito land on a snake's head and start sucking its blood, she finally reaches a point where she wants to share the seeing. What is it about this moment, among all the other things she's witnessed, that makes her want to show someone else?
Quote #8
I wonder how many bites I have taken, parasite and predator, from family and friends; I wonder how long I will be permitted the luxury of this relative solitude. (13.50)
Solitude, the time to observe, is indeed a luxury. It requires one of two things (that we can think of, anyway): money, or jail time.