"Do you think that the Germans make such good cars to atone for the Holocaust?" Calliope, Chap. 1, p. 6

"Back in the buffalo day, the Cheyenne prophet Sweet Medicine had seen a vision of men with hair on their faces who would come bringing a white sand that was poison to Indiana. The prophecy had come true, the white sand was sugar, and Adeline blamed the white man for poisoning her right up to two hundred pounds." Narrator, Chap. 2, p. 11

"Adeline recovered and stomped into the store, praying to Jesus to forgive Pokey for his sins, but adding to her prayer a request for Jesus to beat the shit out of Pokey if He had the time." Narrator, Chap. 2, p. 13

"You know, I used to look forward to sex because it was fifteen minutes when I didn't have to think about death and taxes." Aaron, Chap. 4, p. 23

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