There was death at its beginning as there would be death again at its end.
-- Narrator (Part 1: Chapter 1)

Importance: Evans foreshadows that Judith and Grace’s morning ride will end in death. He also foreshadows another death, Tom’s, before the end of the novel.

She had already decided what she was going to do. She knew they’d try and get her to ride him again. But she wasn’t going to, ever. She would tell her parents to give him back to the people in Kentucky.
-- Narrator (Part 1: Chapter 4)

Importance: Grace decides only a few weeks after the wreck that she does not plan on riding again and wants Pilgrim to go back to the people from whom they got him. Later, Grace regrets this decision but is unsure how to go about admitting she does want to ride again. Joe helps her with her quandary when he offers to let her ride his horse in...