There’s this part of me, Dee, getting stronger every time I breathe in, that wants to hurt you.
-- Kiernan

Importance: Kiernan is one of the people who is affected by the aurora. Even though he and Dee have been having an affair and have been planning to leave their spouses for each other, Kiernan tells her that she needs to get away from him. He says that he has been fighting the urge to hurt her, an urge that is getting stronger as time passes.

I don’t know. The power went out before any consensus was reached. They think it’s some virus, but beyond that…
-- Jack

Importance: Because Dee is a doctor, she made Jack stop when they came across a man wearing a hospital gown. The man had no idea what was happening. The author uses Jack and Dee’s conversation with this man to share with the reader that...