How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
What did loyalty mean? Loyalty to the family, to the church, to the neighborhood, to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Why did loyalty stop there? Why didn't it keep on going? It didn't seem to take a spin around the whole world, that was for sure. (32.74)
So her parents think that they have to stick together and be loyal as a family now that they're under investigation. But where was that loyalty when Bev cheated on Joe and betrayed Evie's crush?
Quote #8
I'd answered every question, I'd thrown mud at a good boy's reputation, I'd lied, I'd been called a whore. But it was that one man's wave of contempt that finally made the tears come. (33.129)
Evie's willing to do anything for her parents—her reputation means nothing. But even so, when she sees Peter's father, the person who is most affected by his death, she feels the full weight of what she's done, and major guilt ensues.
Quote #9
"All the way back home, on the drive, I was thinking about penicillin," I said. […] "It was an accident. Out of this mess, this contamination, comes…"
"Deliverance," Mrs. Grayson murmured.
"Deliverance," I said. (35.90-92)
Even though Evie could easily leave the money where it is and allow Joe to buy them a big dream house, she knows that she has to set things right.