Stargirl

by

Jerry Spinelli

Kevin Quinlan Character Analysis

Kevin is Leo’s best friend. They moved to Arizona in the same week four years ago and usually agree on everything—until Leo starts dating Stargirl. They came up with the idea for the Hot Seat TV show together. Kevin’s aspiration is to become a sleazy talk show host, but he ends up becoming an insurance salesman.

Kevin Quinlan Quotes in Stargirl

The Stargirl quotes below are all either spoken by Kevin Quinlan or refer to Kevin Quinlan. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Individuality and Conformity Theme Icon
).
Chapter 2 Quotes

Mica Area High School— MAHS— was not exactly a hotbed of nonconformity. There were individual variants here and there, of course, but within pretty narrow limits we all wore the same clothes, talked the same way, ate the same food, listened to the same music. Even our dorks and nerds had a MAHS stamp on them. If we happened to somehow distinguish ourselves, we quickly snapped back into place, like rubber bands.

Kevin was right. It was unthinkable that Stargirl could survive— or at least survive unchanged— among us. But it was also clear that Hillari Kimble was at least half right: this person calling herself Stargirl may or may not have been a faculty plant for school spirit, but whatever she was, she was not real.

Related Characters: Leo Borlock (speaker), Stargirl/Susan Caraway, Kevin Quinlan, Hillari Kimble
Page Number: 10
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 7 Quotes

We talked until dark. We said “adiós” to Señor Saguaro. On our way out, Archie said, more to me than to Kevin, I thought: “You’ll know her more by your questions than by her answers. Keep looking at her long enough. One day you might see someone you know.”

Related Characters: Leo Borlock (speaker), Archie Brubaker (speaker), Stargirl/Susan Caraway, Kevin Quinlan
Page Number: 35
Explanation and Analysis:
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Kevin Quinlan Quotes in Stargirl

The Stargirl quotes below are all either spoken by Kevin Quinlan or refer to Kevin Quinlan. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Individuality and Conformity Theme Icon
).
Chapter 2 Quotes

Mica Area High School— MAHS— was not exactly a hotbed of nonconformity. There were individual variants here and there, of course, but within pretty narrow limits we all wore the same clothes, talked the same way, ate the same food, listened to the same music. Even our dorks and nerds had a MAHS stamp on them. If we happened to somehow distinguish ourselves, we quickly snapped back into place, like rubber bands.

Kevin was right. It was unthinkable that Stargirl could survive— or at least survive unchanged— among us. But it was also clear that Hillari Kimble was at least half right: this person calling herself Stargirl may or may not have been a faculty plant for school spirit, but whatever she was, she was not real.

Related Characters: Leo Borlock (speaker), Stargirl/Susan Caraway, Kevin Quinlan, Hillari Kimble
Page Number: 10
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 7 Quotes

We talked until dark. We said “adiós” to Señor Saguaro. On our way out, Archie said, more to me than to Kevin, I thought: “You’ll know her more by your questions than by her answers. Keep looking at her long enough. One day you might see someone you know.”

Related Characters: Leo Borlock (speaker), Archie Brubaker (speaker), Stargirl/Susan Caraway, Kevin Quinlan
Page Number: 35
Explanation and Analysis: