How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Do you think we should go help them?" Harry asks.
Out of the corner of my eye I can see his hand clenching and unclenching from the ax he brought from our cottage. His voice is flooded with the same hopelessness we all feel. (16.8-9)
Oh sweet, heroic Harry. He's willing to do what's right, no matter what the fight. Swoon.
Quote #8
"You can't ever have known love. […] Because if you had you wouldn't be telling me to kill my wife as if it were an easy choice. You would realize that you don't let love go like that. And you would realize that you certainly never kill it. Never." (17.67)
Interesting words from big bro Jed. Perhaps a little foreshadowing here? In the end, Mary not only realizes that she'd rather have the ocean than a lifetime with Travis, but she also cuts off his zombie head. Which leaves us to wonder—Did she ever love Travis?
Quote #9
I turn to face the two, my hands behind me as I lean against the door. "I won't leave you," I tell him.
"I know," Travis says.
"You don't sound as if you believe me," I say.
Despite the rockiness of their relationship, Mary still refuses to be disloyal to Travis. At least when he's about to die, that is. Long story short? Mary turns on the heroics when it comes to life and death. When it's just life on the table though? Meh, heroics are for sissies then.