Question

Which quotation from "First Love" by Judith Ortiz Cofer best refines the theme that people don't always get what they want?

“But the few times I saw him in the hallway, he was always rushing away.”

“What did she care that I was losing my chance at true love?”

“Then, like the phantom lover he was, he walked away into the darkened corridor and disappeared.”

“The main privilege of beauty is that others will do almost everything for you, including thinking.”

Answer 1

"Then like the phantom lover he was, he walked away into the darkened corridor and disappeared."

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Answer 2

The quote which would best show the theme that people don't always get what they want would be "“Then, like the phantom lover he was, he walked away into the darkened corridor and disappeared". This statement implies that the speaker would have wanted to say/do something more with the object of her affection but then he went away.