Which quotation from Cane most effectively illustrates the claim?

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Cane is a 1923 novel by Jean Toomer. In one portion of the novel, Toomer establishes a contrast between the narrator's attitude toward life and the attitude of the narrator's love interest, Avey, writing,

"Avey was as silent as those great trees whose tops we looked down upon. She has always been like that. At least, to me."

"A band in one of the buildings a fair distance off was playing a march. I wished they would stop. Their playing was like a tin spoon in one's mouth."

"[Avey would] smile appreciation, but it was an impersonal smile, never for me."

"As time went on, [Avey's] indifference to things began to pique me; I was ambitious. I left [our small hometown] earlier than she did."