"'Marriage is not for celebrating. It is something you do to give your children a name.'" Chapter 1, p. 6 - Judge Finlay.

"'You keep thinking all the time about what I am. But maybe you should concentrate on who I am, the sort of person I am, and maybe that way you might get to know how you feel. I see the way you look at me ... and how when you have to come close to me you hold your breath like you think something bad is about to happen. Well maybe you just need to let yourself breathe.'" Ibid, p. 7 - Gloria.

"She chat with them maybe two or three minutes and after she move on I look at them and see how they sorta sink deeper into their chair, like they can rest easy now because Fay recognize them" Chapter 2, p. 16

"What I see is...