… almost always, people were more forward-thinking than the laws. And the laws that fell out of favor, they didn’t stay laws forever.
-- Narration (Part 1, Section 1 )

Importance: This quote sums up the tension of life in the City between rules and those who simply wanted to live their lives according to their individual desires. That tension plays out on various levels in the lives of several characters, and can be seen as reflecting a more universal life situation manifesting in the world outside that of the novel.

How can you know if you like a person just based on what they tell you, not what you see? Not that seeing wasn’t its own problem. Chad loved putting on a persona, but for understanding who to date, how could you tell online? Like you could be funny as an online persona and then be anxious or unfunny or just slow in person.”
-- Narration (Part 1, Section 1)

Importance: This quote...