How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
He thought of himself as the formerly male rat. A rat on its wheel running through his head. (15.47)
Making a decision to be a woman doesn't mean that the process is done. It's a major first step, but, especially in the early 1900s, what is a person to do next? Einar feels like a rat spinning around and around with nowhere to go.
Quote #8
"He's convinced he's a woman inside. […] And to tell the truth," Greta said, "so am I." (16.28)
Greta is very supportive of her husband's decision to become a woman. Even though this has literally never happened before—a man physically transitioning into a woman—Greta doesn't think her husband is weird, and she encourages him. This helps him become comfortable with his new gender.
Quote #9
Their pages turned with such a brisk crinkling noise that Einar feared the students would look up from their work on the long reading table and, from the twist of fear and relief in Einar's face, learn who he really was. (17.2)
As Einar travels to Dresden, he is mentally ninety-nine percent Lili and only a smidge Einar. But he's still in Einar's body, and he fears that everyone will realize he is a woman in a man's body just by looking at him. The fear causes him to be paranoid.