"Then I came out of it like I'd been in a hypnotic trance. I stopped crying and put the rifle on the bed and got down on my hands and knees and tried to get Willie to come out of the closet but he was too scared. I was talking to him like he was my mom saying, I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry, real fast and high-pitched like when I was a little kid and similar stuff happened" (Ch 1, pg. 14-15.)

"Listen, Mom, just give me the money. I need the money.
What are you saying?
Give me the money.
What?
The money.
She looked at me in this strange fearful way, like she didn't recognize me but almost did and I got this sudden new feeling of power and didn't even feel guilty for it"
(Ch. 2, pg. 23.)

"Basically people don't know how kids think, I guess...