How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
If hallucinating with Barry Claimes had been a one-off in 1970, Jonah Bay supposed the experience might have been folded into a whole life of experiences. He might have even been proud. (6.48)
Jonah thinks that perhaps a one-off drugging by Barry would feel like a novelty, but since it was a repeat performance, instead it's become a life-shaping event.
Quote #5
In twenty-five years she would return through a time portal in a changed, late-middle-aged-woman form […] but the tension itself would never be unlocked and released. (8.73)
We're talking about Cathy here. She does quite well for herself in general, rising professionally and such. Still, though, she carries the weight of her past—or, as it's called here, "the tension."
Quote #6
Goodman Wolf, Prep-School Park Prep, became just a small part of a big, seething story, mild in comparison with what would come. (8.128)
The verdict's still out (literally—Goodman avoids trial), but it seems possible that Goodman's life is the most governed by the past because he spends his life running from it instead of looking it in the eye and dealing with it, once and for all.