She looks like a bear in a zoo.
-- Townsperson ("Georgina Requeni or The Chosen One")

Importance: When Georgina is paraded through the town as the President of the Republic's most cherished possession, she hears a townsperson whispering about her. This quote is important because it shows that Georgina rejects the idea of being just a spectacle for people to gawk at, while at the same time she desires the adoration she receives when being admired.

Sometimes she remembers that at the age of seven Mozart dazzled a prince, then she feels like ending it all and throwing herself out of a window. But she lives on the ground floor, she’s out of her mind, she’ll be famous and the world will love her.
-- Georgina ("Georgina Requeni or The Chosen One")

Importance: Georgina is declared the most extraordinary child in the world by the President of the Republic, and she fully buys into her own mythos. This quote is important because it shows how Georgina...