1. "Marriage in my culture, has nothing to do with romance. It's a matter of logic. If Mr. and Mrs. Ahmadi like Mr. and Mrs. Nejati, then their children should get married. On the other hand, if the parents don't like each other, but the children do, well, this is where sad poetry comes from." page 24
Marriages are decided upon the same way in Cambodian culture, where Sundara is from. It is her aunt and uncle's responsibility to choose her husband. However, she likes Jonathan, an American boy. If her aunt and uncle knew the way they felt about each other, she would be in big trouble.
2. "A couple of months after my uncle's arrival, he realized that somehow none of the cloths in the suitcase fit him." page 27
In Children of the River, Soka was criticizing Sundara about how she hadn't gained any weight from eating so much while she had put on a few pounds in her new American life.
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