To tilt your head back and look straight up into a streetlight was to have some comprehension of infinity”
-- Narrator (chapter 2)

Importance: This quote describes the snowstorm over which neither the meteorologists nor the characters of the book have control. The snowstorm represents the divine forces that are at play in the book and are touched upon in the theme of the divine/faith versus science.

Doyle had never looked at Kenya before, all the countless times she had seen him he had never so much as glanced in her direction. Her mother said that was nothing to take offense at. ‘He shouldn’t see you…If he sees you then you’re doing something wrong.’”
-- Tennessee (chapter 3)

Importance: Tennessee is warning Kenya not to let Doyle see her, or else she will get in trouble. The irony of this is that Kenya and Tennessee are part of the poor population that Doyle wants to help...