How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
He imagines […] Libby walk across the room, wrap her arms around Gabriel's neck, and squeeze him tightly. He hears her say she loves him. He hears Gabriel say it back. His brother, he thinks, was in love with everyone he knew. (13.80)
Cullen has nothing bad to say about his brother because Gabriel treats everyone with love and kindness. That's why everyone is so thrown by his disappearance; they don't know what to do without that light and goodness in his life.
Quote #8
He seemed carefree to Alma, and that was what she desired to be. To Cabot, Alma Ember seemed just innocent enough to be loved but adventurous enough not to bore the hell out of everyone. (14.81)
That's the big mistake that Alma and Cabot make: They don't fall in love with the other person, faults and all. Instead, they idealize each other, turning the other person into exactly who they want to be with.
Quote #9
I had never before felt compelled to turn around and hug my aunt, but something made me do it, the same thing that makes people hold doors open for old ladies at the grocery store or stop and let people cross the road; things that felt regular and impersonal to those doing them, but meant the world to those on the receiving end. (15.69)
Sometimes it's the small gestures that really reveal how much you love someone. Cullen is anti-hugging, but he'll still hold out his arms to his aunt because she's lonely and miserable and depressed.