She was Catholic and didn't believe in abortion. But she was more flexibly Catholic than strictly Catholic, so she did believe in birth control – pills, devices, procedures. That's good science, she thought. And God created everything, including science.
-- Narrator

Importance: This quotation appears in the first paragraph of the story after the narrator explains that Marie no longer minds cleaning up guests' sex paraphernalia. Here, the author begins to develop Marie as a complex character who defies readers' expectations. She is Catholic, but not so conservative as is often associated with religious people in America. This quotation helps portray Marie as someone likable, nonjudgmental, and realistic.

She had discovered that it was vital to say 'feces' and 'urine' instead of using cruder terms for the messes that people left in the toilet. Or on the toilet. Or in the general vicinity of the toilet. Or sometimes not even in the bathroom at...
-- Narrator