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Zaid, we don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness but I could say that’s what I want in life, I picked this because I feel I could relate to this because it’s like a level of happiness knowing you have friends and family close to you that like I never want to leave it.

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“He didn’t understand that it wasn’t just the driving I’d miss.”
This quote is important because it shows that the car, as well as other inanimate objects, can be more important to people that just what they are practically used for and serve as a home for their memories.

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“Thousands of words and songs and swears are observed in its fabric,  just like the orange juice I spilled on my way to the dentist.” (147) I liked this quote because it refers to the car as a listener, obtaining everything she has ever said or heard and she used it as a place to be open and honest through speech, but yet she connected it to a memory that’s somewhat humorous.

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“It became an extension of my bedroom, and thus an extension of myself”

I liked this quote because I felt like it had alot  of meaning behind it. It wasn’t just a regular car, it was part of her. In a way it represented her.

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“ when I drove her home that evening, I manually opened the moon roof and put on a tape of Frank Sinatra. My grandma smiled for the first time in weeks.” ( 144 )
I the book discusses previously to the quote about how her grandfather passed away and how she became to own the car, I like the quote because it shows the happiness that can come from the simple things in times of sadness.

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“The glove compartment had a magnifying glass, three pens, and the registration in a little Ziploc bad. The trunk had two matching black umbrellas, a first aid kit, and a miniature sewing box for emergency repairs. Like my grandmother’s wrists, everything smelled of Opium perfume” (Keagon 144).

I liked this quote because all the things in the car reminded her of her grandma and when she gave the car to her brother it was like it was the last time saying goodbye to her grandma. She was like losing all the memories from the car and her grandma.

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Empty sushi containers, Diet Coke cans, half-full packs of gum, sweaters, sweatshirts, socks, my running shoes.”(144,145). I liked this quote because how she made a reference to all her stuff. And how it became a part of her life and helped her. And how memories were made through her things that were part of her everyday life.

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“My car was not gross; it was occupied, cluttered, cramped. It became a extension of my bedroom, and thus a extension of myself” I connected with this quote because someone’s room or car becomes there safe space, and when it’s a mess it doesn’t really feel like it. You know where things are, it’s your stuff and you put it where you want.

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“My car is not gross; it was occupied, cluttered, cramped. It became an extension of my bedroom, and thus an extension of myself.” I chose this quote because it shows how important and present the car is to the character and it is not thought of as much as a material object.

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“Ravaging my car, I found more than just physical relics”. (Keegan 146)
I like this quote because in most places that I spend a lot of time, I find old memories and I can just imagine them happening again, over and over.

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“The black exterior remained glossy and spotless, the beige interior crisp and pristine. Tissues were disposed of, seats vacuumed, and food prohibited.” (Keegan 143).

I like this quote because I can imagine myself in the car and it feels like I am in the car.

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“Like my grandmother’s wrists, everything smelled of opium perfume.”
I liked the way Keegan said her grandmother’s wrists instead of just saying that it was her general overall smell.

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“Like my grandmother’s wrists, everything smelled of Opium perfume” (Pg.144) suggests that, initially, the car was imbued with the grandmother’s personality and scent. What I liked about this one is how she related to her grandma and how we know that she knew her grandmother very well and she had a good relationship with her.

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“My car was not gross; it was occupied, cluttered, cramped. It became an extension of my bedroom, and thus an extension of myself.”
I liked this quote because it showed how she could connect something as trivial as a dirty car to something much bigger.

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“When I drove her home that evening, I manually opened the moon roof and put on a tape of Frank Sinatra”
This quote is meaningful because it was after her grandfathers funeral and it’s the car her grandparents would’ve picked.  She manually opened the moon roof and looked up saying her last good byes to her grandfather.

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“I had two bumper stickers on the back: Republicans for Voldemort and the symbol for the equal rights campaign” (Keegan 145) I like this quote because it reveals more about Keegan, particularly some of her political opinion and what she supported. Kind of making her more relatable or human.

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We don’t have a word for the opposite of loneliness but I could stay that’s what in life

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“The task was strange, like deconstructing a scrapbook, unreeling all the pictures and whiting out the captions.” I like this quote because it made me realize that her car was her safe place and the place that she made all her memories. Cleaning out her car symbolized wiping out all her memories that she experimented in that car, which left her feeling empty. I like how she made the connection to a scrapbook because scrapbooks are meant to keep memories alive but deconstructing one can lead to forgetting the small memories that were meaningful.

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“My mind was free to wonder, my muscles to relax. No one was watching or keeping score”
I felt this is important that really shows her meaning and I like it because it just shows a place of comfort and your own car is your own safe space.

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“Above this newspaper are my fingernail marks I dug into the leather of my steering wheel on the night we decided to be just friends. My car listened to me cry for all twenty-two-and-a-half miles home” (p.146)
This is meaningful because it shows how everything in her car has a specific memory to her. I also liked this because she goes into depth about everything in her car and tells the readers how everything connects to her everyday life.

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• “The physical manifestations of my memories soon crowded the car” - the car almost becomes a part of Keegan, displaying the feeling of comfort she feels, and how close she feels with the object.

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“I played no music during this vigil. I couldn’t find a playlist called poisoning your car”(148). I liked this quote because it added some relatable humor into her writing. This style of writing was honestly very easy and fun to read.

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“ the physical manifestations of my memories soon crowded the car “ i chose this quote because its very aplicable, we all have our own little type of safe haven; where we tell our secrets, hang out, sing , dance and do the unexplainable in this place.

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“That it was the tinfoil balls, the New York Times, and the broken speaker; the fingernail marks, the stray cassettes, and the smell of chai. Alone that night and parked in my driveway, I listened to frank Sinatra with the moon roof slid back.”
I thoughthat  this was the perfect closing line for this story and it really tied it all together nicely. The callback with Frank Sinatra  and the moon roof was also very nice.

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Caleb “Follow 2Moonz Raps On Instagram New EP April 26” Mann

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Caleb “Follow 2Moonz Raps On Instagram New EP April 26” Mann

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1. “Empty sushi containers,

2.  Diet Coke cans,

3.  half-full packs of gum,

4. sweaters, sweatshirts,

5.  socks, my running

6. shoes. My clutter

7. was nondiscriminatory”

8.  I like

9. this quote because

10.  it’s very descriptive

11. and gives good

12. imagery to

13. set a picture of the scene“

14. Empty Sushi 🍣