How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
I started to keep a notebook called How to Survive in the Wild. (2.22)
Only a true bibliophile would prepare for an eventual exodus from the world of books by, yes, keeping a notebook of what she may find in the world beyond.
Quote #8
5. ONCE I USED THE PEN TO WRITE TO MY FATHER (5.5)
Many of Alma's relationships are epistolary (that is, conducted via letter-writing)—for example, her Russian pen pals, Jacob Marcus, and the readers of this book. Here, she finds a connection to her father by writing him a letter too, although she adds at the end, "I'm writing this but I know that you can't read it" (5.6).
Quote #9
A bitter joke came to mind. Words failed me. And yet. I clutched the pages, afraid my mind was playing tricks on me, that I would look down and find them blank. (7.3)
Leo exposes how reliant he is on words, despite spending decades away from writing. They are, in effect, his most prized possession—or maybe not so much the words themselves, but his capacity to put them on the page.