"Ah Alex. Don't talk to us like that. Ya make us feel bad. Yeah man. Ya hurt our feelings" (Part One, Another Day Another Dollar, pg. 6.)

"Georgette was a hip queer. She (he) didnt try to disguise or conceal it with marriage and mans talk" (Part Two, The Queen is Dead, pg. 15.)

"The door closed. A hundred times. Closed. Even as it swung open she heard it bang shut. Closed. Closed" (Part Two, The Queen is Dead, pg. 27.)

"They made a small pot of bouillon and danced around it dropping tablets in and chanting bennie in the bouillon, bennie in the bouillon, whirling away the fear and boredom, giggling, popping bennie, drinking gin, toasting Georgette: Long Live THE QUEEN" (Part Two, The Queen is Dead, pg. 34.)

"The guys were staring and Vinnie seemed so close she could feel the sweat on his face and even Lee was listening...