There ain't a thing in God's creation that could undo the love I have for my son.
-- Mom (chapter 1 paragraph 77)

Importance: The quote demonstrates how Mom loves Amanda and will accept her no matter what happens. She loves her child unconditionally.

I gave up trying at five and drank a chocolate-flavored nutritional shake with my medicine: two two-milligram estradiol tablets, which were tiny and blue and tasted like chalk, to feminine my appearance and stand in for the testosterone my body could no longer make, and one ten-milligram Lexapro tablet, which was round and white and waxy, to help me stay calm.
-- Amanda as narrator (chapter 2 paragraph 2)

Importance: The quote details the hormone therapy and drugs that Amanda takes in order to live as her true self.

I remembered suspecting, for the first time in my life, that he might not actually care if I lived or died.
-- Amanda as narrator (chapter 3 paragraph 90)

Importance: The quote shows the break in the relationship between Amanda and...