Chapters 1-3:
- "The lunatic" at the end of chapter 2.
- "It's surprising all the things you remember just eating blackberry pie." End of chapter 6.
- "I didn't think it was embarrassing. I thought it was nice, but didn't say so to Phoebe." Chapter 9
- "We had absolutely no idea all the trouble they were going to cause." End of chapter 13.
- "...if you mother left, it would be something that you would remember for the whole course of your lifetime." End of chapter 17.
- "The duplicate designs were: a circle with a large maple lead in the center, the tips of the leaf touching the sides of the circle. One of the maple leaf circles was mine. The other's was Ben." p.122 End of Chapter 21.
- "She would not have any more babies." p.140
- "You mean it had nothing to do with Peeby." p.164
- "That day was probably one of the best, and surely the worst of their lives."
- "Its name is Blackberry." p. 242
- Pretend you are the teacher. What phrase do you think your classmates need to pay attention to? Why?