Some days Lila feels as if she’s battling everything: the furious, slippery contents of her brain, her wavering, unreliable hormones, her weight, her ex-husband, her house’s attempts to fall down around her ears, the world in general.
-- Narrator (Chapter 2 paragraph N/A)

Importance: These words describe how Lila feels at the beginning of the novel and throughout most of the novel. She feels like everything is falling apart around her and that she does not have much control over anything. It will take most of the novel for her to come to peace with her life as it is and to appreciate the richness of her life.

You need to rewrite that story. Just because your dad behaved like an arsehole, it doesn’t mean all men will.
-- Dan (Chapter 3 paragraph N/A)

Importance: These words have significance for two reasons. First, they provide some irony as Dan does, in fact, leave Lila in the end. Second they elaborate on...