It feels empty already, don’t it.
-- Harold (Chapter 1)

Importance: After the brothers Harold and Raymond drop Victoria and her daughter off at college, they return home. Immediately, they are struck by how lonely and quiet the house is without her. It was something they were expecting but not really prepared for.

But would you want to be them?
-- Cashier (Chapter 5)

Importance: After leaving the food store, Luther and Betty are looked down upon for their cart full of groceries paid for by food stamps by a man who cannot afford as much and does not live off food stamps. The cashier rebukes him gently, asking the man if he would rather be them. Just because someone is on food stamps does not necessarily mean they are cheating the system. This is demonstrated by Luther and Betty, who must walk home in the terrible heat, pushing their grocery cart the whole way.

It isn’t the...
-- Raymond (Chapter 7)