How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
I still couldn't quite get used to the idea that someone else knew, I mean besides my mother, and Neil, and her drunk asshole friends, I mean. Someone that wasn't throwing it in my face, or telling me to stop thinking I was better than they were.
Someone that said they were going to try to do something.
That was the really hard idea to latch onto. (26.42-44)
Dang. This is probably the saddest line in the whole book. We've seen Karl battle for the past five days and almost four years with his mom's nutso-drunken-cat-lady-ness while every adult in town turns a blind eye. Now, someone's finally stepping up to the plate.