How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I lay there and wondered if that's the feeling you're supposed to have when your cousin touches a totally innocent part of your anatomy that's even fully clothed. (1.6.27)
Um, let's see Daisy. If that's a question you have to ask yourself, then we're pretty sure it's not the feeling that most people have in that situation. This moment, this realization, this question—all of it foreshadows everything that's about to go down.
Quote #2
His leg resting against mine and a feeling flying between us in a crazy jagged way like a bird caught in a room. The feeling which had been starting up for a while now was so strong it made me dizzy and so far we'd just been pretending it was what cousinly love felt like and all that garbage you tell yourself when you want to pretend something's not really happening. (1.9.28)
Obviously pretending that nothing's happening is not working out so well if Daisy's so consumed by lust that she feels dizzy. Daisy's metaphor of a bird caught indoors illustrates just how all-consuming their feelings are.
Quote #3
My brain and my body and every single inch of me that was alive flooded with the feeling that I was starving, starving, starving for Edmond. (1.9.30)
It's not like starving's a new feeling for Daisy, but this is a different sort of bird—and this time, she actually wants her starvation to be satiated. Big time. This is also the first point where Daisy starts to describe herself as feeling alive and vibrant rather than weak and dispirited.