How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"It's like, if he called me Gat, he'd really be saying, How was your school year, Indian boy whose Indian uncle lives in sin with my pure white daughter? Indian boy I caught kissing my precious Cadence?" (64.6)
Refusing to address someone by name is the ultimate insult. It's like saying, "I see you there, but I'm going to pretend you're invisible." Ugh.
Quote #8
"[…] make sure Granddad knows. Tell him it's nothing and tell him it never was anything. Tell him he shouldn't worry about that boy again and then talk to him about Harvard and tennis team and the future you have in front of you." (67.29)
Even if Penny doesn't share Harris's racism, she wants to share his money, and that greed makes her betray her own child.
Quote #9
What if we could stop being
different colors, different backgrounds, and just be in love
What if we could force everyone to change? (71.33-35)
You can't change someone's thoughts and beliefs by force, and trying to do so almost always has disastrous consequences. (See 1984.) Cadence's heart is in the right place, but her actions cost her the people she loves the most.