How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Only Gypsy reacted to Miss Rosemary, because she was three years old and didn't know yet what the rest of us Beaumonts knew about secrets […]. (4.2)
Mibs, Fish and Grandpa Bomba know exactly how special the next day will be, but can't let anyone know that they're anticipating it, because if something bad should happen… well, that would be bad for everyone.
Quote #2
"I'm your friend, Mibs," Will Junior said with earnest. I looked across the table at him and his buttoned-up shirt. Will grinned at me then; smiling, he looked different somehow, more relaxed. (4.10)
There's nothing quite like the feeling of knowing someone has your back, and once you feel is, you never want it to stop. Will is an interesting character in that even though he isn't that old or mature, he seems to know himself and what he wants fairly well. In some ways, Will Junior is a little bit like a puppy dog in his loyalty—it's always there for Mibs, even when she doesn't want it and when it's following her around.
Quote #3
He finally managed to get the telephone away from the preacher's wife and scrambled over the top of Pastor Meeks's desk, knocking picture frames and paperweights onto the floor as he went. (7.11)
Fish knows the meaning of loyalty to his sister and family, to the point that he's willing to mess up an entire church to protect them. This sense of loyalty ties in a bit with Fish's notions of family—which for Fish are probably one and the same. Can loyalty and family be separate things or ideas?