How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
I'm maybe twelve years old at the time. He's sixteen, and there's sure to be other stuff he'd rather be doing with his Saturdays, but he signs the permission slip like he's a grown-up, in cursive. Rides the bus with me to the park every Saturday and sits on the bleachers through all my games. After a while, I've got a few hookups with this other kid's dad, where I could probably have got there without him, but he still came to every game just to watch. When I got a hit, I could always hear him cheering like a maniac. (24.40)
Even though Todd hasn't seen his brother in years, he still considers Kevin the most important person in his life. After all, his brother made sacrifices for him and was always there to cheer him on. He gave him a happy childhood.
Quote #8
It was starting to be Christmas. If this was an ordinary year, they'd be making plans to take a trip out to Connecticut to cut down their tree. You could buy one right on the street near their apartment, but Josh liked tromping through the woods in the snow and cutting it down with an ax. On their way home with the tree on the roof of their car, they always stopped at a diner that served the best macaroni and cheese. (28.1)
Wendy no longer has the prospect of lovely Christmases spent with her mother, Josh, and Louie to look forward to. Instead, she can reflect on those memories while spending the holidays in California with Garrett.
Quote #9
Hearing Kate's voice after all that time gave Wendy a dull, empty feeling, like walking past a house you used to live in a long time ago, and they've changed the paint and the stone lion that used to be out front is gone. She thought about the old days, not just before September, but before Josh and Louie, too, all those nights when she and her mother and Kate would curl up on the couch together watching Shirley Temple movies or old musicals and eating popcorn. (28.34)
Even hearing Kate's voice on the phone is a bit painful for Wendy because it reminds her of all the times she spent with Kate and her mother. Now they won't ever have a girls' night in with movies and popcorn. It's super sad.