Well, my bunk dominated in capture the flag and I got to second-base-below-the-bra with this girl from Israel who's going to, like, be in the army. So, yeah, does that answer your question?"
-- Jared (chapter 2)

Importance: Jared tells Evan that his summer was full of friends and excitement. But later developments in the novel allow us to realize Jared is stretching the truth here in order to make other perceive him as happy and confident. Thus, the novel quickly begins to establish thematic groundwork for the ways in which people may rely on deceptions in order to increase their social status.

Now we can both pretend we have friends.
-- Connor Murphy (chapter 3)

Importance: Connor signs Evan's cast without Evan asking him to do so. He does not give any reason other than the above mysterious quote. Evan is not sure what he means by these words, but it is possible that Connor realized Evan had tried to...