It had been a hazy, beautiful dream, and in it there had been a hazy, beautiful boy. He was dressed all in black and standing in an orchard of lemon trees, and she had the distinct sensation that he had something that belonged to her.
-- Narrator (chapter 1)

Importance: On the night before Catherine meets Jest, she dreams about a boy in a lemon orchard. The next morning, she wakes up to a lemon tree growing in her bedroom. The author indicates that the boy in the dream is Jest by describing him as wearing black, which is the color Jest wears. The thing that he has that belongs to Catherine is her heart.

The King was a sweet man. A simple man. A happy man, which was important, as a happy king made for a happy kingdom. He simply wasn’t a clever man.
-- Narrator (chapter 3)

Importance: This quote describes the King. Because he is a...