Threads of memory, like dreams, tried to weave themselves into a story. But—as with dreams—the harder she thought, face bent in a frown of concentration, the strands fluttered like spider gossamer, broke, and were gone.
-- Narrator ("Ever After")

Importance: A prologue set after the events of the novel starts the story. This quote is important because it reveals that the contents of the book will be otherworldly and dreamlike.

Gingerly Miranda stepped through the dust and cobwebs and examined the wooden structure. It was a dollhouse.
-- Narrator (Chapter 1)

Importance: The dollhouse is the most exciting thing about Miranda's new house. This quote is important because it reveals how drawn to the dollhouse Miranda is when she first sees it.

She drew back with a sharp exclamation of horror. Instead of the wads of paper, a little girl stood in front of the dollhouse, bouncing a red-and-blue ball and trying to hit it with a small...
-- Narrator (Chapter 2)