Ory didn’t have to admit to her that his determination to keep her whole was more for himself than for her, that he was afraid she would be no different from the rest of the shadowless- that she would also love the strange magic of her amnesia more than him, and stop fighting to remember. She didn’t have to tell him if she believed it, too.
-- Ory (Part I: Orlando Zhang)

Importance: This quote is very important in understanding why the Forgetting is so dangerous. While amnesia is clearly an issue in its own right, the shadowless’ ability to literally manipulate the world based on what they now believe creates an extra layer of problems. Not only does this hint at a potential supernatural cause behind the forgetting, but it gives more reason for the shadowless to abandon everything. This new magic around their amnesia is something no one has experienced before. Therefore, it...