She rolls over in the bed she shares with her sister knowing that one day she won’t have to do this. That one day Thandi will make everything better.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)

Importance: The author includes a note about how poor Margot and Thandi are, they have to share the same bed even though Margot is an adult and Thandi is 15, even as Margot thinks about her expectations for Thandi to bring her family out of poverty.

At first she despised herself for letting him touch her. But then she despised herself for the pride that made her believe she had a choice.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)

Importance: Because Margot agrees to have sex with Alphonso, she is one of the only employees at Palm Star Resort who was allowed to keep her job after this younger generation of the Wellingtons took over. Because her mother sold her for sex as a young girl, Margot has always seen...