How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Now she would go […] to prove to the world—no, not to the world but to herself—that indeed she was a woman, and that all her pervious life, the little man known as Einar, was simply nature's gravest mishap, corrected once and for all. (27.18)
This is a bittersweet quote near the end of the book. It's sad that Lili sees her past self as Einar as a mistake, but it's sweet that she realizes that she needs to prove to herself (instead of the world) that she is a woman. Who cares what the world thinks? Lili's identity is most important to herself.