How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
I had Paul's example. I had scared Harris and Tierden into not being shitheads. I felt like I was committed but hadn't yet done enough. So the afternoon of Squid's mom's funeral, I slipped out of the junior high, ran home, grabbed my jacket and a tie, and went over to St. Ignatius's Church […] After the service, since I wasn't going to go out to the graveyard, I came up to Squid and touched his elbow and said, "I'm sorry." (4.49, 51)
There's no denying the fact that Karl should not have killed Squid's rabbit. But, Paul's loyalty provides Karl with an "example" of how to mend bridges with Squid by supporting him during the loss of his mother.
Quote #5
Bonny was nodding, too. "Marston and Emerson and all them are either going to be all concerned about the develop -ment of those poor misguided boys, or they're going to want Cheryl to express her feelings. Either way Harris and Tierden get all the attention they want. There might be seminars and mandatory meetings and all of that s*** till doomsday, but those assholes won't feel a bit of fear or pain about this."
"Unless we make them," I said. (9.28-29)
The Madmen are kind of like the mob—if you screw with them, they'll come after you full force. In this case, Harris and Tierden feel their wrath big time. Nothing like getting whipped out of your car while you're doing drugs and thinking it's the cops.
Quote #6
She laughed. "So that's what the Madmen do? Protect each other like that?"
"No. I wish it was. Usually we can't do a f***ing thing for each other, come to admit it. We're a little group of mental-case high school students, not the f***in' X-Men, you know? But we know each others' stories, and we do try to watch each other's backs, when we can." (9.91-92)
Here's a conversation between Karl and Marti. Here's a good question: if the Madmen really were the X-Men, which characters would they be? We're betting on Karl as Beast.