How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
For a long time I wanted to be Stacy, that tough and cool and grown-up. I would have killed for that kind of power at school. (2.25)
Stacy's power is the kind that comes from rejecting others before they can reject you. Is that real power? Or is it just the surface kind of power, like the way you can score a boyfriend or at least a night of passion with your sexy hair? There's a big difference between real power and momentary power.
Quote #5
"One of these days you should just look one of them in the eye and say, yeah, that's me, and so what? At my school in San Francisco, no one would even care." (2.68)
Deanna chooses not to tell her own story because she's so full of shame, and she knows nobody would believe her anyway. Tommy got to them first.