How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
It [sixth grade] was still the place where kids could add, subtract, multiply and divide, and read. Mostly, they could read—really read. Sixth grade still meant that kids could begin to get inside the print and to the meaning. (3.3)
According to Mrs. Olinski, sixth grade is magical. However much sixth graders might be rude and annoying in other ways in the book (like burping and calling each other names), they still have this capability to figure out meaning. The really good ones even want to.
Quote #5
Ethan rang in as the last syllable sounded.
Yes.
Ethan Potter would know all four parts.
Yes, yes, yes, and yes. (3.12-15)
Four parts, four yesses, four Souls. Who says three is the magic number?
Quote #6
Something had happened at Sillington House. Something made me pull sounds out of my silence the way that Julian pulled puzzle pieces out of Nadia's hair.
Had I gained something at Sillington house? Or had I lost something there? The answer was yes. ("Ethan Explains the B and B Inn".221)
Thanks for clearing that up, Ethan. Another cryptic moment from E. L. Konigsburg.