I used to dream about turning back time, about reclaiming the things I'd lost and the person I used to be. But not anymore.”
-- Ruby (Prologue)

Importance: Ruby is explaining a dream she has had for years in which she is old but time reverses and she becomes old. The dream is her desire to undo the events that so dramatically changed her life, but her perspective has changed so that this is no longer what she wants. She is now looking forward.

Here is how you find the Children's League: You don't. You don't ask around, because no soul alive in Los Angeles would ever admit to the organization being there to give President Gray an itch to scratch.”
-- Ruby (chapter 2)

Importance: Ruby is just beginning to tell the reader about the Children's League and her role in it, and to explain the complex situation. President Gray is the United States President and he would...