How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Sophie suddenly could hear her own heart. My family?
Sophie's parents had died when she was only four. Their car went off a bridge into fast-moving water. Her grandmother and younger brother had also been in the car, and Sophie's entire family had been erased in an instant. She had a box of newspaper clippings to confirm it.
His words had sent an unexpected surge of longing through her bones. My family! In that fleeting instant, Sophie saw images from the dream that had awoken her countless times when she was a little girl: My family is alive! They are coming home! But, as in her dream, the pictures evaporated into oblivion.
Your family is dead, Sophie. They are not coming home. (16.13-15)
Poor girl. Losing your entire family in one foul swoop is something most people never fully recover from. This haunting memory is one that becomes a major motivating factor for Sophie, because she can't quite shake the feeling that there's something she doesn't know about her family's death.
Quote #2
"Grand-père," Sophie said, hugging him. "I'm really sorry about the key."
"I know, sweetie. You're forgiven. I can't possibly stay mad at you. Grandfathers and granddaughters always forgive each other." (23.38-39)
This has a hint of foreshadowing to it, and makes Sophie's estrangement from her grandfather later on even sadder. Grandfathers and granddaughters may always forgive each other, but Sophie didn't get a chance to forgive Saunière until after his death.
Quote #3
The words hung in the huge space, and Sophie felt an odd vibration, as if her bones were reverberating with some new kind of truth. Descendants of Jesus who survived into modern times. Her grandfather's voice again was whispering in her ear. Princess, I must tell you the truth about your family.
A chill raked her flesh.
Royal blood.
She could not imagine.
Princess Sophie. (60.58-62)
Kids often have delusions of grandeur about being secretly royal (Hey, we saw The Princess Diaries—sometimes it comes true.) In this case, though, Sophie isn't too far from the truth.