How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I have to maintain in my head a running description of the present. It's not that I'm observant; it's just that I talk too much. (2.31)
Verbalization isn't always the key to understanding what you see, but it can be. It can also, however, be a giant distraction.
Quote #2
I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck. (2.38)
This is Annie's reaction to seeing the tree with lights in it. It's the first time in the book she realizes that the universe only shows you what you've been searching for when you stop searching.