How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
I know that having faith in your family isn't the same as God or religion or whatever, but I could kind of get what Lee meant about believing in something when it made more sense not to. (12.56)
Faith is a belief that things can turn out better even when there are no signs indicating that they will. It's all a lot of people have to keep them going. Deanna's mom's affection keeps Deanna's glimmer of hope alive—in this case, it's hope that someone in her family might eventually love her and pay attention to her again.