Why is the additive identity of a Quotient Space the subspace?

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I am reading Linear Algebra Done Right 3rd Edition.

Say, we have a subspace $U$ of vector space $V$. The book says that a quotient space is defined by $V/U = \{v + U: v \in U \}$

It then says that the additive identity of $V/U$ is $0+U$ and the additive inverse is $-v + U$. I didn't understand how the additive identity and additive inverse is that.