We should have moved them. I knew it.
-- Sister Rosario (1/Thirty Girls paragraph 22)

Importance: This quote provides a sense of foreboding which signifies the difficulty of the times.

She didn't need to fly to feel she was floating. She had a knack for channeling other people's experiences. You left yourself behind and there was relief.
-- Narrator about Jane (2/Landing paragraph 14)

Importance: This quote foreshadows Jane's ability to empathize with the girls and how she will feel after hearing about their experiences.

My mind is uneasy. Since being away, I am used to my thoughts being disrupted. They have cracks in them. I remember in a soft way, as in the distance, how it was to be whole. Nothing. It was like nothing. You just had wholeness, you did not feel it. I would not have known it was there if I had not become as I am now. It has offered me a perspective. It is interesting how one can understand a...
-- Esther as narrator (3/Esther paragraph 6)