The truth is it doesn’t take elaborate lies, only being with someone who doesn’t push to know the things you don’t want to reveal.
-- Cassie as narrator (chapter 1)

Importance: The quote establishes the difficulty in Cassie’s relationship with Duke. It allows the reader to understand why Cassie is able to find empathy for Lore’s situation.

When it’s done right, true crime tells us who we are, who we should fear, who we are always in danger of becoming.
-- Cassie as narrator (chapter 3)

Importance: The quote addresses how the true crime genre captivates audiences. It gives insight into Cassie’s obsessive relationship with true crime.

All three of them – Lore, Andres, and Fabian – might be happy, blind to the dark fates they’d eluded. All three of them might still be alive. But there is no alternate future. There is only the one Lore Creates with one word: ‘Yes.
-- Narrator (chapter 6)

Importance: The quote illustrates how something as...