But there is a darkness in this unyielding, incomparable landscape that is saturated with tears and blood and forgotten roots that lie beneath the ground, now soft, now decayed. Whether we are bound to some bright tomorrow or the failures of yesterday is yet to be seen.”
-- Bobi (Prologue paragraph N/A)

Importance: This line appears in the introduction of the setting and the main characters, and introduces the idea of the contrast between Bobi's past and her future. The fact that she refers to the things in this ground as perpetually rotting indicates the effect her childhood had on her.

I read most of the Bible alone, sometimes fervently preparing for Sunday school so I could win a mini-Snickers candy bar for memorizing my versus – which I was particularly good at – but mostly so I could go to Heaven, or at least have a fighting chance.”
-- Bobi (chapter 4 paragraph N/A)

Importance: This is one of many scenes in which Bobi...