Are you game?
-- Ezra Blazer ("Folly")

Importance: By way of this question, Ezra inquires whether Alice, a young woman, is amenable to the idea of a romantic relationship with him, a much older man. The question is also significant in that it is the final sentence of the book, posed by Ezra to the female interviewer at his "Desert Island Discs" recording for the BBC.

Because,' Cormery went on, 'when I was very young, very foolish, and very much alone...you paid attention to me, and without seeming to, you opened for me the door to everything I love in the world.
-- "The First Man" by Albert Camus ("Folly")

Importance: The quotation comes from "The First Man" by Albert Camus, which Ezra gives Alice to read. However, it is also reflective of Alice's relationship with Ezra and speaks to the influence their relationship is having on her life, while she is young.

I know. But writing about myself doesn't seem...
-- Alice ("Folly")