How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Get me through tonight," she said. "That's all I need. Protect me. Don't let it happen tonight. Enzo, please. You're the only one who can help." (23.109)
This is another instance when Eve relinquishes control of her own life to someone else, once again Enzo. She asks him to watch over her because she's too afraid to fall asleep and succumb to the terror that's lurking for her in the night. Fortunately, Enzo makes an excellent guard dog, just not against demon zebras.
Quote #8
"Sometimes bad things happen," [Zoë] said to herself. "Sometimes things change. And we have to change too." (27.9)
This seems like a pretty deep to be coming out of the mouth of a five-year-old, and like Enzo, we suspect that someone told Zoë this to help her grapple with the terrible news of her mother's illness and its aftermath.
Quote #9
Denny looked at me and held his hands out in front of himself. They were shaking. Denny didn't say anything, but he looked at his hands trembling and then he looked at me and I knew what he was thinking. He was thinking that if he just had a steering wheel to hold onto, his hands wouldn't shake. If he had a steering wheel to hold onto, everything would be alright. (31.80)
We think a steering wheel is Denny's solution to a security blanket, mostly because it represents a sense of control over his direction and destination. Who could blame the guy for wanting a little bit of control in a situation like this?