I need them back. We need us back. Everything depends on it.
-- Narrator (chapter 1)

Importance: The quote indicates that Margaret needs her friends in order for Margaret to come to terms with what happened to her. It is also how Margaret is going to be able to expose what happened to her as well.

Lightning came and shocked her all afire, and she fell charred and dead, and we do not know her name, and she is immortal.
-- Narrator (chapter 8)

Importance: The quote illustrates that there is a magical quality to the camp. Before the reader is aware that Margaret is a ghost, the idea is established that immortality can be achieved in the memory of someone who perished.

Last summer a boy said, will you keep us a secret? Last summer I said yes and yes and yes.
-- Narrator (chapter 20)

Importance: The quote shows Margaret’s willingness to keep a secret in order to keep the relationship that...