Still, my head is next to hers, which I would gladly, at this point, twist off with my bare hands. All of this is seen by hundreds of vuvv, paying per minute.”
-- Adam (chapter 2)

Importance: Adam and Chloe are lying beside each other and looking up toward the vuvv's rendering sails. There are several aspects of foreshadowing in this quote, including that Adam and Chloe are pretending to like each other and that the vuvv are paying to watch them. Later, the reader will learn why Adam and Chloe are pretending and that the vuvv are fascinated by human relationships.

As if we, down on the ground, would pull one of their fancy pre-vuvv stereo amps out of the garbage heap and somehow claw our way back along the cord, shimmying up it to the clouds and climbing into their living rooms, fee-fi-fo-fum.”
-- Adam (chapter 9)

Importance: Adam is describing how he and Chloe, like everyone else...