None of it happened,’ I tell Wendy. ‘My father made it all up. And when I say all of it, I mean all of it. Everything in that book is a lie.
-- Maggie (“One”)

Importance: Maggie tells the nosey receptionist at the beginning of her novel that her father made up all the details contained within his novel House of Horrors. At this point, Maggie does not remember anything about her family’s time in the house. She assumes that if the things her father described had happened, she would remember them.

Twenty-five years ago, my family lived in a house named Baneberry Hall, situated just outside the village of Bartleby, Vermont. We moved in on June 26. / We fled in the dead of night on July 15. Twenty days. That’s how long we lived in that house before we became too terrified to stay a minute longer.
-- Narrator - Maggie (“One” )

Importance: In this quote, Maggie shares with...