How we cite our quotes: (Part.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"I'm the grown-up, and you're the baby," she said finally, and left the kitchen. It was how a lot of our fights ended. Not this time. (2.31)
We know this is about the mole, but it seems like Tip's mom likes to play this card a lot. Maybe that's why Tip is so keen on proving herself as more than a baby.
Quote #2
You see, the problem is, you don't know you're in a story. You think you're just some kid. And you don't want to believe in the mole, or the ghost, or whatever it is when it's your turn. (2.46)
Even Tip has her doubts about what's happening to her and her mom at first. She plays it down by telling herself she's a kid and doesn't know any better, which is exactly what everyone around her says, too. That's how people understand youth most of the time.
Quote #3
And I wonder if you were a little proud. Proud to be living through something so important, something to tell your grandchildren. Did you watch yourself watching the television, making certain that you looked brave, and stoic, and just sad enough? (2.67)
Tip reluctantly admits that knowing you survived (and some adults didn't) makes her kind of proud. She feels a sense of accomplishment in knowing she's surviving an alien invasion, but is this proving that she is still a kid to think of it like this?