They write their names on white, rectangular name tags, then press those tags to their chests. The instant they’re on, they begin to peel off, as if the tags themselves understand what the women want most: to be rid of their history, to start anew. But they can’t outrun their names and they can’t outrun their stories.
-- Narrator (Week One)

Importance: When the women begin therapy, they all individually hope that the experience will enable them to escape their traumatic pasts. This quote is important because it demonstrates the main characters' primary desire is to outrun their stories--though, ironically, what they need in order to heal is to own their stories.

I wanted to avoid everything: myself, the news, the color blue—every shade, cyan and slate, sapphire and cerulean. I wanted blue eradicated. I wanted the sky to pick another color, any other color, but it arched over me daily...
-- Bernice (Week One)