"Toby and I are the proton and neutron of our atomic family unit. Dad is the loosely bonded electron, negatively charged, zooming around us in his own little shell."
Part I, Chapter 1, p. 11

"I am not the daughter Rev. Jack Malone wants. He is not the father I need."
Part 1, Chapter 2, p. 21

"When I was a kid, I overheard him tell somebody that he buried his heart when he buried Mom."
Part 1, Chapter 2, p. 53

"The freak show could bill me as the Amazing Lying Egghead. See her bullshit the family! See her lie straightfaced to friends! See her completely tank her life!"
Part 2, Chapter 3, p. 73

"Teri Litch in my house, in my bedroom. She'll murder me in my sleep with an ax. I'm going to hurl."
Part 2, Chapter 3. p. 89

"'Your dad is making you do that. If it was up to you, I'd be on the street.'...