This was the moment when I actually believed that the money had been stolen, or at least I believed that Dede believed it.
-- Narrator (Thieves)

Importance: When Dede first announces that she has had $40 in cash stolen from her dresser drawer in the dorm, Lee does not believe her because most of the students who attend Ault are so rich they have no reason to steal money.

I imagined that if I left South Bend, I would meet a melancholy, athletic boy who liked to read as much as I did and on overcast Sundays we would take walks together wearing wool sweaters.
-- Narrator (Thieves)

Importance: Even though Lee tells her parents that she wants to go to Ault for the educational experience she really wants to go because she hopes she will find a boyfriend with similar likes as she.

It was more like — this dawned on me as I looked at her — she was...
-- Narrator (Thieves)