Through the chilly curtain of sleet, in the intermittent wash of the great light on the jutting cliff to the south, the massive silhouette of Bluff House loomed over Whiskey Beach.
-- n/a (Chapter 1 paragraph 1)

Importance: The quote shows that despite time and events, Bluff House has withstood anything that has been thrown at it.

He could go away into a world he created, he—to some extent, anyway—controlled. And oddly felt more himself than he did outside that world.
-- N/A (Chapter 2 paragraph 3)

Importance: This quote shows the importance of Eli's novel writing and how he is using it as a catharsis to combat everything that has gone wrong in his life over the past year.

I could make a living. They’re just habeasing their corpus and whereforing the heretofore to screw with you.
-- Abra (Chapter 6 paragraph 2)

Importance: Abra is pleased that Eli has agreed to fight the wrongful death suit. She jokes about knowing the ins and outs because...