He is sinking into a darkness he cannot even comprehend. Darkness and immobilizing cold.
-- John (I)

Importance: In one of the novel's earliest scenes of dialogue, Bobby's friend John describes Bobby to a table of companions at the bar. He tells the friends that although Bobby works as a salvage diver, he is in fact afraid of diving and the waters he has to enter for the job. This moment is thus essential to establishing the author's explorations regarding fear. Indeed, Bobby's diving work and his fear of the dark watery depths are tied to his inability to heal from his sister's death. He is particularly afraid of the unknown beyond his sister, a realm absent of Alicia's presence, her memory, and Bobby's grief.

The first thing is to locate the narrative line. It doesnt have to hold up in court.
-- The Kid (II)

Importance: In one of Alicia's many conversations with her hallucination, the Kid, she...