Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you.
-- The Skin Horse in The Velveteen Rabbit (Epigraph)

Importance: This quote appears at the beginning of the narrative. It is important because it describes what the major characters, who are all going through their own hero’s journeys, experience. They exist, but do not really live and have fulfilled lives until they go through their respective journeys.

The modern world no longer believed in senseless tragedy. Bad things couldn't just happen to people; someone had to pay.
-- The Narrator (chapter 1)

Importance: The narrator says this when talking about the lawsuit Julia faces. The quote supports the theme of how people deal with loss. It shows how hard it is for people to accept loss and one way in which they deal with it. In Julia's case, people cannot accept the senseless tragedy Amber's actions cause. The family members of the victims want to place...