They didn’t understand Carter’s obsessive commitment to music. He didn’t really care about anything else. I understood that and they didn’t. That’s why it was me and not them.
-- Seth (N/A)

Importance: In this line of narration, Seth addresses the fact that his and Carter's friendship seemed inexplicable to outside observers. Seth was highly introverted, while Carter was popular and extroverted. However, they were able to bond over their shared interest in music and audio production.

Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of the radio, believed that sound waves never completely die away, that they persist, fainter and fainter, masked by the day-to-day noise of the world. Marconi thought that if he could only invent a microphone powerful enough, he would be able to listen to the sound of ancient times.
-- Seth (N/A)

Importance: In this line of narration, Seth addresses the idea that sound waves, instead of fading, may potentially echo indefinitely...