I know that pretending to lose nonexistent luggage is deceitful. But his leg isn’t broken, so that makes us even.
-- Narrator (Chapter 2)

Importance: Beyah lies when she tells her father that the airline lost the three bags that her mother checked for her. Beyah does not feel bad about the lie because her father lied to her about breaking his leg and being unable to attend her high school graduation ceremony.

I wasn’t propositioning you. I saw you take the bread and thought you could use the help.
-- Samson (Chapter 3)

Importance: Samson tries to defend himself when Beyah attacks him after he tracked her to the bathroom and offered her a twenty-dollar bill. Since Beyah had an acquaintance in Kentucky who would pay her for sexual acts, Beyah assumes that Samson has the same thing on his mind when he offers her the money. Samson understands Beyah’s reaction later when she explains to...