ON VACATION, YOU can be anyone you want.
-- Poppy as the Narrator (Prologue)

Importance: This is the narrative's opening line. Poppy tells readers this when she is on vacation with Alex on Sanibel Island. The quote characterizes Poppy as a person who is not satisfied with her life at home. She tries to be someone else on vacation. The quote also supports one of the meanings of the title. Poppy tells readers that they can meet different versions of themselves when they are on vacation. In addition, they can meet different versions of other people as everyone can be different people on vacation.

That crush of happiness, that feeling that this is what life's about: being somewhere beautiful with someone you love.
-- Poppy as the Narrator (Prologue)

Importance: Poppy says this when she thinks about the photos Alex took for her to post on her social media site. The quote reveals that Poppy loves Alex in a romantic sense. He makes her...