Everything I tell you will be the truth, or, at least, the truth as I knew it to be at the time that I thought I knew it. Hold me to that.
-- Ern as narrator (Prologue)

Importance: The quote establishes the agreement Ern makes to his reader. Ern wants to be considered a reliable narrator, but he understands that there are things that Ern knows to be true, but Ern will later come to learn otherwise.

Look, we’re not a family of psychopaths. Some of us are good, others are bad, and some just unfortunate.
-- Ern as narrator (Prologue)

Importance: The quote shows how Ern takes an objective look at his family, even though an outsider may not be as forgiving. Ern knows that there is nuance to how his family members have been involved in deaths of others.

Family is gravity.
-- Ern as narrator (chapter 1)

Importance: The quote illustrates how Ern views his family. It is a quote that Ern repeats later in...