How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
It's so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait [...] then it happens and it's over and all you want to do is curl back up in that moment before things changed. (5.43)
Lena is surprisingly resistant to change, even when that change involves something she she wants. She prefers to maintain the status quo at all costs.
Quote #5
I comfort myself by thinking that in less than two months this will seem like nothing to me. All of it will fall away and I'll rise up new and free. (8.87)
Lena is much more comfortable going with the flow at this point in the book… and that flow is leading her right toward a love lobotomy. Swim upstream, girl. Swim.
Quote #6
I wish I [...] could wake up tomorrow and ride over to Hana's house, could lie out at Eastern Prom with her and complain how boring summers are, like we always do. Could believe that nothing had changed. (9.74)
Instead of going to parties, Lena would rather complain about how boring summer is with Hana. Why is summer so boring? Not because Portland is boring. Because passive Lena is super boring and doesn't want to do anything fun.