"I always thought of college as a place for stars like Aisha, who does everything that her teachers expect from  her... But for the first time I start to actually imagine me sitting on concrete steps like this, or reading lots of fat books and saying what I think."

Ch. 11 pg. 107

Yay, Nadira! I love this quote because I think that it is the first time that Nadira believes that she can have the same things that her sister has. She can go to college even though she's "not as smart" as Aisha.