"So that's how I came to Argus. I was the girl in the stiff coat." Part 1, Chapter 1, 1932, pg. 5

"Karl felt the breath from Giles's lips and tipped his mouth up to kiss him." Part 1, Chapter 1, 1932, pg. 25

"For a while I was still the girl who had caused the miracle, an attraction to customers and neighbors who stopped to touch me, holding their fingers out as if my body was filled with divine electricity. I wished it was." Part 2, Chapter 4, 1941, pg. 65

"And then, once the service began and the bishop spoke, I realized that my visit could be more than dramatic anyway. It could be dangerous. I realized that I could spoil Jude Miller's future." Part 2, Chapter 5, 1950, pg. 92

"Love stories always end here. I never had a mother to tell me what came next." Part 2, Chapter 7, 1953, pg. 128

"At first it was the name. If anyone, Celestine should have named...