Nothing brings a community together like a good old fire.
-- Edward (1-65)

Importance: This quote from Edward—one of his standard wisecracks—serves as an immediate introduction to his gallows sense of humor. But it also speaks to one of the novel's overarching themes: the formation of community as an act of resilience. As Edward rightly (if glibly) points out, people tend to be brought together by their shared tragedies, a trend that persists throughout Infinite Home.

But have you ever been astounded by what you knew was coming?
-- Edith (1-65)

Importance: This quote from Edith expresses the optimistic idea that life is made better by the unexpected, no matter what that might entail. This is an important lesson for many of the characters in the novel, each of whom has become stuck in a proverbial rut thanks to their unfulfilling or fraught lives. It foreshadows the growth that many of these characters undergo.

Because we...
-- Adeleine (1-65)