How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Your mouth was set tight. And you had been crying—your eyes were reddened—but that was okay, I thought, because you were all right somehow. I could see at once, from the way you had hunched your shoulders, that your spirit was intact. (23.3)
Somehow, Emmy weathers Nikki's abuse, holding tight to herself. She remains sullen and ornery even when threatened with real punishment, so we can see that her spirit isn't broken yet.
Quote #5
"What would be fun for her?" he asked.
I shrugged. "Seeing you hurt. Seeing you sorry. Seeing you in trouble. Seeing you worry. That would all be fun." (25.35-36)
Nikki doesn't just want to hurt Murdoch or see him dead, she wants him to know that she's powerful and can make his life a living hell in a million small ways. That's her idea of a good time.
Quote #6
The important part of it was a no-contact clause; she was not supposed to telephone him, write to him, or send anyone else to talk to him or call him on her behalf. She was also supposed to stay physically at least one hundred yards away. Of course, this made her furious. (28.17)
When Nikki doesn't get her way, Nikki gets angry. Like the Hulk, Nikki does not like to be told what to do and she'll get crazier and crazier when she feels like she's being confined by something—like the law.