We went there when looking for love, or sex, or trouble, or for someone who had gone missing, because sooner or later everyone turned up there. Most of all we went there when we needed to be found.”
-- Moehringer (Prologue paragraph N/A)

Importance: Moehringer made an extensive list of reasons people went to the bar. These two sentences serve as a juxtaposition, that some people who are “missing” wind up there and might be there in the hope of being found.

I didn't remember anything after my father bet me, which felt worse than if he'd beaten me. I don't remember him sobering up, putting on his clothes, or driving me home.”
-- Moehringer (5 paragraph N/A)

Importance: This was one of Moehringer's earliest experiences with his dad, and it served to set the tone for their relationship for years.

On my own I was a terrible worrier – I knew this about myself and worried about it – and now and then...
-- Moehringer (7 paragraph N/A)