How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
So I walked down the road wondering who was in trouble, or hoping that nothing bad had happened to Mum, or praying that no burglars had come into the house overnight and taken our DVD player. Stupid? Stupid. (8.27)
Again Sam turns to prayer when he's in trouble. This time, he's decided to come back from Hastings after running away, and he expects everything to be normal when he gets home. Wrong again. It seems like every time he dials up a prayer, it just means he's admitting he's screwed up.
Quote #8
"I wondered where you'd been getting this stuff from," she said. "Listen. The people who post things on the Internet about abortions, they're all evangelical Christians, and—"
"Doesn't matter what they are, does it? Facts are facts," said Alicia. (9.299-300)
Alicia's mom openly mocks evangelical Christians when she's trying to convince her daughter to consider abortion. Again the book asks us to think about the place of religion in our lives. To some people, it governs personal decisions, but to others, it's not necessary.
Quote #9
It was like a horror movie, or something out of some Bible. Two angels, one good and one bad, fighting over the soul of a tiny baby. My mum was the good angel, and I'm not just saying that because she was my mum. (14.119)
When Sam's mom and Andrea are fighting over the baby's last name, Sam pictures a Biblical death match. Pretty much anytime something bad happens, he turns to religious imagery—it's like his ideas of the Bible and prayer are only reserved for the worst of times.