The wind blows hard where I come from…. It makes the trees grow up crooked.
-- Jack (Come With paragraph N/A)

Importance: These words are symbolic of the way in which Jack’s childhood affected him. The prairies play a significant role in Jack’s upbringing because his father makes his living conducting controlled burns, and his sister dies because of one of these burns. There is a tree that sprouts where she died, and it is crooked. The prairie is fertile, but Jack’s childhood was stunted by his parents and the trauma he experienced. In this way, he is like the tree that grows up crooked.

Which ended up being the basic philosophical divide between them: whether their new home should reflect their current reality or their future aspirations
-- Narrator (The Dual Masters paragraph N/A)

Importance: While these words are about something as simple as open shelving, they represent the fundamental problem between Jack and Elizabeth. He is content where they are...