I hunt monsters.
-- Maryse (chapter 1 paragraph 6)

Importance: Maryse states this multiple times throughout the novel. Its first appearance is on the first page of the novel. Maryse states this as she separates monsters from the Klan. She uses it at times to garner her strength and to remember that she is the fighter, not the victim who must cower. Surely she felt a victim as she was hiding from the Klan when they came to kill her family. This sentence helps her take back her power.

You want to catch a rat, get the right bait and trap. Then you just wait him out.
-- Chef (chapter 1 paragraph 2)

Importance: Chef states these words as she, Maryse, and Sadie are on a rooftop waiting for the Ku Kluxes to come get their bait so they can trap them. It has a very practical purpose in that sense. It is also a significant motif throughout the novel as this is what...