How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
You can curse the dead or pray for them, but don't expect them to do a thing for you. They're far too interested in watching us, to see what in heaven's name we will do next. (4.Prologue.24)
Orleanna implores us to live for the living, not for the dead. They're only watching, and they can't react to our actions. (OR CAN THEY?)
Quote #5
In our village, believe you me, people die for the slightest provocation so there are not that many old people still hanging around. (4.2.7)
This attitude toward old age could also be seen as a contrast between American and Congolese attitudes. In America old age is a bad thing—just one more step closer to wrinkliness and death. In the Congo, it's an achievement. Woohoo! You survived childhood!
Quote #6
Two dots an inch apart, as small and tidy as punctuation marks at the end of a sentence none of us could read. The sentence would have started somewhere just above her heart. (4.9.8)
The snake bite is Ruth May's death sentence. No one can read it, because no one knows where it ends … although, according to Kingsolver, it appears to end up in a tree.