Find quotes from this novel, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Love Quotes
I was in love with her, even though I didn't know her. Kind of like love before first sight. (9.02[1].16)
The Supernatural Quotes
The unexplained was sort of a given in the South; every town has a haunted house, and if you asked most folks, at least a third of them would swear they'd seen a ghost or two in their lifetime. (9....
Fate and Free Will Quotes
"Sometimes I wish I could act like everyone else, but I can't change who I am. I've tried." (9.12[2].71)
Lies and Deceit Quotes
Every house had its secrets, but everyone on the street knew them. Even that was no secret. (9.02[2].14)
Freedom and Confinement Quotes
I didn't want to end up like my dad, living in the same house, in the same small town I'd grown up in, with the same people who had never dreamed their way out of here. (9.02[1].50)
Family Quotes
If there's one thing a Southerner knows, it's their family tree. (9.12[3].130)
Death Quotes
"We have to contend with both the dead and the livin' and that's no easy task." (10.9[3].93)
Society and Class Quotes
That's the thing I hated most about Gatlin. The way everyone had something to say about everything you said or did or, in this case, wore. (9.02[2].61)
Good vs. Evil Quotes
"She's closer to going Dark than Light. Lightning storms? Terrorizing the school?" (9.15.191)