How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
He tells me something in that silent pause that he cannot say out loud.
Ky can play this game. […] He knows exactly how to play, and that's why he loses every time. (20.100-101)
Yup, this book is full of liars. Ky's lying too—but he lets Cassia know the truth. Does it mean something if you find someone you can let in on your truths? What it means for Ky is that he's becoming less careful about staying under Society's radar, foreshadowing that something bad is likely to happen.
Quote #5
[…] it must be difficult to keep inside, to not share with us. But she is strong and she keeps the secrets because it protects us. (21.17)
Ugh, isn't it so annoying when you know secrets and can't share them? It requires brute strength sometimes. For Cassia's mom, holding everything inside her becomes increasingly stressful to the point that she starts self-medicating, illustrating the pure power of secrets.
Quote #6
He looks at me, surprised. "Her voice. She's not real. It's generated. The perfect voice. Like all of the singers, in all of the songs." (25.23)
Okay, so the fact that this singer's voice is auto-generated may not seem like the biggest deal in terms of things Cassia's been lied to about, but it illustrates the overall pattern—pretty much everything in Cassia's life is a big fat lie.