“I wonder if they realize how much I notice about them. They probably haven't a clue because I never look at them or show the slightest interest. But I'm very aware of everything.”
Her traumatic experience in her childhood makes Marina very introverted and she is in a self-imposed silence as a result. Due to her muteness, Marina is very observant of her environment and thus understand people much more deeply than an average young girl. The statement demonstrates her ability to actually be more aware of people’s intentions and characters. She keeps to herself a lot hence tend to be a wallflower in a room thus able to study her classmates to an extent that makes her more profound.
“We’re all so curiously alone, but it’s important to keep making signals through the glass.”
Due to her introverted nature, Marina has a hard time making friends or socializing because of the trauma she suffered. Essentially the narrative is about a young girl coming out of her shell of trauma and facing life again as a healed individual. Over time she finds her voice through non-verbal ways which transition into being participatory. Thus, a source of inspiration for all those trying to overcome various challenges they have had to endure for a long time.
“I make people uncomfortable. The kind ones get angry because their kindness doesn't work. The unkind ones get angry because they think I'm attacking them.”
The quotation is a profound observation Marina makes about people in general. In that each person as a way of interacting with her since she suffers from complications and challenges. She is very self-aware of how she is treated by those who are both sympathetic and unkind to her. It speaks volumes regarding the nature of people because it highlights how we act upon someone being indifferent to us. All in all, anger is the response either due to the denial of our ineffectuality or our need to be defensive and confrontational.
