... that unshakeable Jew belief in continuity, narrative, plot
-- Cohen the Narrator (8/27? 28? Two Days Before End of Ramadan paragraph 7)

Importance: Cohen the Narrator (and, quite reasonably, Cohen the Author) is telling his reader that he is not interested in writing his book using the traditional Jewish structure of continuity. He realizes that is not a true-to-life way of telling a story, and it might seem inauthentic to use that structure while writing a book about what he is doing in his life. This sets the tone for what readers should expect to encounter throughout the rest of Book of Numbers.

Words are garb. They're cloaks. They conceal the body beneath. Lift up the hems of verbiage, peek below its trillies - what's exposed? the hairy truth?
-- Cohen the Narrator (9/7-8, Burj al-Jumeirah Hotel, Dubai paragraph 7)

Importance: Words are a way of masking the truth, the meaning that lies beneath. This is what Cohen the Narrator does as a writer and Principal does while speaking with him. Finding the truth is a lot...