2. B OK
R O E
S IL S
HE D
c harac t er:
“B
rooke know exac t l y w
s
hat s he w
ant s .
She s ees her dream and does n’ t f al t er
s
i n des c ri bi ng t hem even i f s he’ s
,
havi ng t roubl e f i guri ng out how t o
m
ake t hem c om t rue. ” ( Agas s i 179)
e
3. “At hom s i t t i ng i n our ki t c hen, I t el l
e,
B
rooke t he ent i re s ad, aw ul , m rac ul ous
f
i
s t ory. She’ s f as c i nat ed—
but m t i f i ed.
ys
She as ks , H
ow c oul d you get s o i nvol ved?
H
ow c oul d I not ? ” ( Agas s i 249)
“She l aughs . You don’ t ac t ual l y
hat e t enni s .
Yes .
B
ut you don’ t hat e hat e i t .
I do. I hat e i t . ” ( Agas s i 180)
4. SE A I
T F NE
G A
R F
c harac t er:
“She dreads t he c erem
ony. She does n’ t
w
ant t he at t ent i on. She w
orri es t hat
s he’ l l s ay t he w
rong t hi ng or f orget t o
t hank s om
eone. She’ s s haki ng” ( Agas s i
5. “W t al k f or t he f i rs t t i m about
e
e
t enni s . W
hen I t el l her t hat I hat e i t ,
s he t urns t o m w t h a l ook t hat s ays ,
e i
Of c ours e. D
oes n’ t everybody? ” ( Agas s i
317)
“She’ s f as c i nat ed t o hear about t he c hart er
s c hool I’ m bui l di ng; s he has her ow
n
f oundat i on, w c h gi ves ps yc hol ogi c al
hi
c ouns el i ng t o c hi l dren s c arred by w
ar and
vi ol enc e i n pl ac es l i ke Sout h Af ri c a and
6. B OK
R O E
S IL S
HE D
dat i ng:
“I l i ke B
roadw
ay… t he bes t B
roadw
ay
ac t ors rem nd m of at hl et es … [ P e]
i
e
et
does n’ t l i ke t he t heat er, and he
does n’ t get ac t ors , s i nc e he’ s never
pret ended anyt hi ng i n hi s l i f e. ”
7. “I t hi nk you s houl d get ri d of t hat
hai rpi ec e, B
rooke s ays . And t hat
ponyt ai l . Shave your hai r s hort , s hort ,
and be done w t h i t ” ( Agas s i 197)
i
“In her w
orl d, everyone pret ends ,
w
hereas i n m ne, s om t hi ngs c an’ t be
i
e
pret ended aw
ay” ( Agas s i 209)
“I w
onder i f w
hat I f eel i s t he s am
e
t hi ng B
rooke f eel s w
hen I’ m t ens e
bef ore a t ournam , or gri evi ng a l os s
ent
af t erw
ard. M f ei gned i nt eres t , m
y
y
8. SE A I
T F NE
G A
R F
dat i ng:
“W s pend our t i m w ki ng, hi ki ng, dri vi ng…
e
e al
at ni ght , w l i e on t he c ouc h and w c h t he
e
at
ori gi nal P nk P
i
ant her. Af t er hal f an hour
w re bot h l aughi ng s o hard at P er Sel l ers
e’
et
t hat w have t o s t op t he t ape and c at c h our
e
9. “W t al k ki ds . I t el l her I w
e
ant t hem
—
w t h her… w
i
hen I w
ake an hour l at er and
s t um e t o t he bat hroom I s ee, l yi ng i n
bl
,
m open s havi ng ki t , St ef ani e’ s bi rt h
y
c ont rol pi l l s . ” ( Agas s i 323)
10. A C R I GT :
C O DN O
m s heal t h w
en’
ebs i t es
tek yt aSUCCESSFUL
h e o
M R
AR IAGE is
:
1 b in s p o t e
. e g u p riv
2 g in a dtk g
. iv g n a in
3 p a in a d
. r is g n
u d rtn in
n e sa d g
4 k e in s p r t l e
. e p g e a ae iv s
5 fc s go telt
. o u in n h it e
l
11. B OK
R O E
S IL S
HE D
m
arri age:
“For added m i vat i on, s he t apes a phot o
ot
on t he ref ri gerat or door… It ’ s a phot o of
t he perf ec t w an, s he s ays … as t oni s hed, I
om
s t are at t he phot o, I reac h out and t ouc h
t he f ram
e.
Is t hat —
?
Yep, B
rooke s ays . St ef f i Graf . ” ( Agas s i
244)
“W t al k about t hi ngs . W t al k about
e
e
12. “… he s ays : Andre, I c ons i der you a ros e
s
am
ong t he t horns .
A ros e am
ong—
?
An i nnoc ent , s urrounded by peopl e w
ho
are bl eedi ng you dry. ” ( Agas s i 274)
“Andre t here are red f l ow
ers on t hi s
c hai r.
I l ook at t he c hai r w
here he’ s
s i t t i ng and s ee i t as i f f or t he
f i rs t t i m ” ( Agas s i 276)
e.
13. “I’ m m s erabl e. W
i
hat are you t al ki ng
about ?
M s erabl e? Then you’ re l ooki ng at t hi s
i
al l w
rong. You don’ t have ki ds . You’ re
f ree as a bi rd. If you had ki ds , OK
,
t here w
oul d be a real probl em
…
I gues s . ” ( Agas s i 284)
14. SE A I
T F NE
G A
R F
m
arri age:
“I s ee m l i f e w
y
eari ng on her… s t i l l , s he
never c om ai ns . She unders t ands . H
pl
er
m s s i on, her pas s i on everyday, i s t o c reat e
i
an at m phere i n w c h I c an t hi nk s ol el y
os
hi
15. “I c an’ t expl ai n i t t o St ef ani e ei t her, but
I don’ t need t o, She know al l … s he t al ks t o
s
m about m c areer. She t al ks about hers . ”
e
y
( Agas s i 372)
16. “She buys m a ki t c hen c hal kboard,
e
f or honey- do l i s t s , but I c onvert i t
i nt o an Apprec i at i on B
oard” ( Agas s i
