How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"You'd be weird, too, if Erma was your mom." (3.5.25)
Lori makes a good point about Dad. But what is unspoken here is that all the Walls children are "weird" because of their own parents. But how do their parents make them weird? Or are they relatively normal, considering their upbringing?
Quote #5
I believed she thought of her paintings as children and wanted them to feel that they were all being treated equally. (3.6.30)
If Mom treated her paintings as children, she'd put them in a cardboard box and let them fend for themselves. In some ways, Mom actually treats her paintings better than she treats her own kids. What's up with her priorities?
Quote #6
"We may not have insulation," Mom said as we all gathered around the stove, "but we have each other." (3.12.9)
Mom should write greeting cards with wisdom like this. However, Mom isn't a exactly warm and fuzzy kind of gal, so maybe "having each other" isn't going to provide the family with much of anything, after all.