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¨When I tossed in the match, a cone of flame shot up with a whoosh like a jet afterburner. Brian and I were knocked to our feet. Dad told us that zone was known in physics as the boundary between turbulence and order. ´It´s a place where no rules apply, or at least they haven´t figured ´em out yet,´ he said. ´You-all got a little too close to it today¨ -pg.61
There is a fine line between being chaotic and having order. The fire kinda represents it, being contained safety but the kids throwing the match made it get out of hand. Dad explains how they got too close to chaos.

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¨If Francine saw the good in her father, even though most people considered him to be a shiftless drunk, maybe I wasn´t a complete fool for believing in mine¨ -pg.168
In this quote it shows how Jeanette is having doubtful feelings for her father, and although she is having these thoughts she still manages to believe that her father can quit his drinking addiction and become a man that can provide for his family. This quote demonstrates the unconditional love she has for her father.

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¨Once he finished the prospector and we struck it rich, he´d start work on our glass castle.¨ -pg.25
There is not much to talk about the prospector because as the story goes on you can tell that the dreams of the glass castle and the  prospector are beginning to fade away. So I began to become a fantasy and then reality came into the picture and showed that it might not happen after all.

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¨When I recovered, Dad picked me up and heaved me back into the middle of the Hot Pot. ´Sink or swim!´ he called out.¨ -pg,66
Usually, parents don´t throw their defenseless child into deep water, knowing they can´t swim. This is nonconformity because it isn´t seen to society as acceptable or the right way of doing things and is to harsh on a kid.

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¨Mom said he had fallen off the back of the couch and cracked his head open on the floor, but she and Dad decided not to take him to the hospital¨ -pg.113
This explains that Mary Walls wants her kids to rely on themselves than with society or doctors because she wants her kids to handle themselves on their own.

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¨You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemy. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.¨
In the book you will encounter a lot of the family fighting over something and end up forgiving each other for it as the quote says you should always forgive someone for whatever they did, even if you feel like you can´t forgive them find something that will make you forgive what they did.