Clementine’s ears were still replaying the word: rent. Rent check-what-check-who-was-renting-what? This house? He must be kidding. She owned this house. Why would she rent a house she owned?
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)

Importance: Clementine is shocked and believes she must have misheard when Gregoris mentions that the rent check Steve gave him was not honored by the bank. She thinks that Gregoris is confused, but she realizes quickly that Steve lied to her and did not purchase the house as she instructed him to do.

Wendy’s Wise Woman was hetero, old-fashioned, and placed way too much importance on what the man in her life wanted.
-- Narrator (Chapter 2)

Importance: Wendy is surprised when the leadership of the magazine for which she writes a column decides that her advice is outdated and forces her into retirement. One of the complaints about her advice is that it places too much emphasis on catering to a husband or boyfriend and...