Quotes From The Book:
"Kim and I have this theory that almost everything in the world can be divided into two groups.
There are people who like classical music. People who like pop. There are city people. And country people. Coke drinkers. Pepsi drinkers. There are conformists and free-thinkers. Virgins and nonvirgins. And there are the kind of girls who have boyfriends in high school, and the kind of girls who don't."
[Page 108]
I like the above quote because it captures who Mia is as a person, and what kind of relationship she shares with her best friend, Kim. It shows that they are fun people who like to look at life from as many different perspectives as they can.
There are people who like classical music. People who like pop. There are city people. And country people. Coke drinkers. Pepsi drinkers. There are conformists and free-thinkers. Virgins and nonvirgins. And there are the kind of girls who have boyfriends in high school, and the kind of girls who don't."
[Page 108]
I like the above quote because it captures who Mia is as a person, and what kind of relationship she shares with her best friend, Kim. It shows that they are fun people who like to look at life from as many different perspectives as they can.
"I don't know exactly what's happened to me, and for the first time today, I don't really care. I shouldn't have to care. I shouldn't have to work this hard. I realize now that dying is easy. Living is hard."
[Page 174 - 175] This quote sums up what Mia was feeling while she was in the coma. On one hand she really wanted to wake up to see her friends and family again, but on the other she wasn't sure if she was really ready to face a more difficult life. And she was almost ready to give up until her best friend and boyfriend visited her and told her how much they would miss her if she never woke up. |
"It's the hardest thing I will ever have to do. I summon all the love I have ever felt, I summon all the strength that Gran and Gramps and Kim and the nurses and Willow have given me. I summon all the breath that Mom, and Dad, and Teddy would fill me with if they could. I summon all my own strength, focus it like a laser beam into the fingers and palm of my right hand. I picture my hand stroking Teddy's hair, grasping a bow poised above my cello, interlaced with Adam's.
And then I squeeze."
[Page 234]
In the end of the story, when Adam was in Mia's room, Mia spent some time debating whether or not it would be worth it to wake up to spend time with her friends and family again. But Adam's words "Don't make me write a song," helped Mia make her choice. Which was to wake up.
And then I squeeze."
[Page 234]
In the end of the story, when Adam was in Mia's room, Mia spent some time debating whether or not it would be worth it to wake up to spend time with her friends and family again. But Adam's words "Don't make me write a song," helped Mia make her choice. Which was to wake up.