She was a person who, when confronted with an easy way out, always took the hard way.”
-- Narrator (chapter 1 paragraph 76)

Importance: This is an important look at Jean Louise's character. She does make some things more difficult than other people would make them, but she does what she believes is right. In this quote, Jean Louise is looking at her relationship with Henry but this attitude applies to other areas of her life as well.

To all parties present and participating in the life of the county, however, Alexandra was the last of her kind: she had river-boat, boarding-school manners; let any moral come along and she would uphold it; she was a disapprove; she was an incurable gossip.”
-- Narrator (chapter 3 paragraph 6)

Importance: The reader has just met Aunt Alexandra and this is an inside look at Jean Louise's attitude about her aunt. As an interesting point, Jean Louise admires Aunt Alexandra when they aren't together but those...