Here’s a fact: I have great breasts, which have warped my spine. More facts: My salary is very low. I have trouble making friends, and men lose interest in me when I talk. It always goes well initially, but then I talk too explicitly about my ovarian torsion or my rent.
-- Edie (Chapter 1)

Importance: When Edie describes herself, she chooses to lead with her sexuality and focus on her negative characteristics. This quote is important because it highlights the way Edie sees herself.

A month is too long to talk online. In the time we have been talking, my imagination has run wild. Based on his liberal use of the semicolon, I just assumed this date would go well. But everything is different IRL.
-- Edie (Chapter 1)

Importance: When Edie meets Eric online, she becomes emotionally invested in her relationship because of all the intimate things they share with one another through the internet. This quote...