Thw virgin suicides

"Tt was thrilling to know that the lisborn girls knew our names, that their delicate vocal cords had pronounced their syllables, and that they meant something in their lives." pg 24

This quote uses soft diction to describe these girls. It creates a tone of almost they are untouchable. You can imagine them as almost angels of some sort with the soft diction or even royalty that these boys are so lucky to meet them. In the book this quote helps to characterize these girls as outsiders. Nobody really knew them except for their family. They were untouchable because no one knew them. They were angels that can only be seen but never touched or talked to. It also creates irony because why would an angel want to kill itself?