Despite the failure he was literally burying, energy surged through him. He’d been careful, as always. / No one would find out. / No one would stop him. / There was no limit to what he could do.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)

Importance: Even though the unidentified man who is burying the body of a woman at the beginning of the novel admits to himself that her death was a mistake, he believes that he has been careful in other ways. He thinks that he has covered his tracks well enough that he will never be caught. Although this man is not positively identified, whether it is Harold or Derek the man has not covered his tracks well enough. Both Derek and Harold, as well as Harold’s brother Jerry, are arrested.

Because the sheriff has spent more time investigating me than trying to find my wife.
-- Tim (Chapter 4)

Importance: In this quote, Tim sums up why he decided to...