Falling in love isn’t bad by itself. But when it’s with a black boy, it’s big enough to cancel out everything she did right her whole life.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)

Importance: Frank includes this story of how his parents treated Hanna after she fell in love with Miles, a black boy, to demonstrate the extent of his parents' racism. The story serves to help the reader understand why Frank goes to such lengths to make sure his parents are not aware he is dating Brit.

Brit Means is white.
-- Narrator (Chapter 5)

Importance: It is not until Joy and Wu discover Brit and Frank making out behind the greenhouse that Frank shares with his reader that Brit is white. It is because Brit is white that Joy refers to her as a problem.

Me and Dad bonding is like trying to spot-glue two jagged rocks together.
-- Narrator (Chapter 7)

Importance: Frank indicates that he thinks that his mother asks...