How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Why do people always get named after dead people? If they have to be named after anything at all, why can't it be things, which have more permanence, like the sky or the sea, or even ideas, which never really die, not even bad ones? (11.19)
Alma's experience with death is solely with the deaths of people she loves—her father, in particular—so she's pretty resentful toward impermanence.