I want to go back and unknow all the things I know now. But you can’t unknow things.
-- Evie as narrator (chapter 1)

Importance: The quote demonstrates the end of Evie’s innocence in how she idealizes relationships. Evie is confronted with examining love between people not only changing, but ending.

Why am I being subjected to knowing the secret lives of other people?
-- Evie as narrator (chapter 9)

Importance: The quote illustrates how Evie tries to reconcile why she has been given visions. Evie is scared of relationships ending and seeing the full scope of people’s relationships, including strangers, forces Evie to confront her feelings about love.

Given enough time, all love stories turn into heartbreak stories.
-- Evie as narrator (chapter 11)

Importance: The quote demonstrates the jaded view Evie has adopted about love after discovering her father’s infidelity. Evie is willing to reject love stories because she cannot handle the pain of endings.

I don’t see the world the same way I...
-- X (chapter 21)