Listed below are some of the quotes that I highlighted because I found them to be significant in some way, shape or form:
- Pg 194 - "... it wasn't until a long time afterwards - long after I'd left the Cottages - That I realised just how significant our little encounter in the churchyard had been" - this quote causes the reader to feel anticipation and encourages us/ them to continue reading to find out what made the encounter in the churchyard "significant"
- "I had this idea at the time ... that if our sense of the essays being important was allowed to seep away, the so too would whatever bound us together as Hailsham students" - this is interesting because we wonder if there is any truth behind what she says ... What was the content of the essays? and why if they were at all so important in keeping Hailsham students together? And why specifically Hailsham students?
- Pg 195 - "I knew the well enough to see that they had grown quite distant from each other" - It's nearly as though Kathy has the ability to see into each of their souls - she knows both of them so well. She sees through their charade.
- "Anyway, talking to Tommy wasn't so easy anymore. On the surface... it was much like before, but we never mentioned the animals or what happened in the churchyard." - this shows that Tommy was genuinely hurt by the way in which Kathy had spoken about his animals behind his back. It can also be said to support the view that Kathy is able to see through Tommy she understands that although things may appear or even sound as they once were they are not truly that way - underneath Tommy has withdrawn his trust from her and so he does not confide in her about his feelings as they once did
- "Although something had come between me and Tommy, it hadn't quite got like that with Ruth - or at least that's what I'd thought..." - this can be considered in two ways 1. Kathy is a very forgiving person as although Ruth betrayed her trust in telling Tommy about the conversation about his animals she was able to overlook this 2. Kathy was too niave to identify the fact that she had been betrayed let a lone the change in her relationship with Ruth
- Pg 196 - The section near the beginning about the bus stop - this seems to saying that although people may seem to strip away pieces of you i.e your confidence you will still be you - you will still have the ability to stand
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