How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
It was not my mother who was going crazy that summer. It was my father. After the website he'd spent a fortune to get running had failed to do anything but waste his time, he began to read book after book on missing children. (11.33)
Cullen's dad may not be crying and moaning all the time like Aunt Julia, but he's in his own personal hell. Constantly reading books about missing and deceased kids can't be good for his state of mind.
Quote #8
Since he had been gone, I had taken to wearing my brother's T-shirts almost every day. I'm not sure exactly what compelled me to do so, but then again, I'm not sure exactly what ever compelled me to do or say any of the things I did and said back then. (13.51)
Cullen's been wearing his brother's t-shirts… not because he wants to be just like Gabriel, but because he wants to feel close to him somehow. That's the only way he can do so when Gabriel is nowhere to be seen.
Quote #9
"To sit here and rot like we're some sorta animals. They all expect us to pretend that it's okay and that it's gonna be all right. When it's not. Nothin's all right anymore. I hate this house. I hate this town. I hate the damn mailman who keeps peeking through my front window!" (15.42)
Things are so not rosy for Aunt Julia. Her husband's dead, her son's dead, and now her nephew's missing and presumed dead. Sheesh. Someone's got to cut the woman a break.