I must be the saddest swim coach in all of history.
-- Narrator ("The Swim Team")

Importance: This line of narration is the final line of this story. The narrator reflects upon a previous time in her life, when she befriended three elderly coworkers and acted as their swimming teacher. Notably, the narrator still thinks of herself as a swim coach even though it has been years since she coached those coworkers. She is potentially mourning not only their assumed deaths, but also her former life/identity.

Life is just this way, broken, and I am crazy to hope for something else.
-- Narrator ("Majesty")

Importance: This line of narration is the final line of this story. The narrator is a 46-year-old woman who has intense, seemingly reflexive fantasies about Prince William. At the end of the story, the woman's habitual fantasies collapse, and she confronts the seemingly desolate state of her own life. Ultimately, her tragedy is that she...