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There's already a heartbreaking realization that Lucy is going to be the one to refuse to accept herself because she has already demonstrated some insecurities, especially in comparison with the other girls in her group. This contrasts Susannah who seems completely secure in herself and therefore this part of her identity isn't something that she's insecure nor unsure about. She finds it beautiful while Lucy doesn't.

“Even at my small age, I understood that there were limits to love, and I felt sure that one day people would run out of love for me” (12)

“Nobody sees we do Patti,” he said again. Whenever he said things like that, for a magical space of time, it was as if we were the only two people in the world”

“Laughter. And essential ingredient for survival and we laughed a lot” {104}