"On the stage that gown may have been quite successful, but you don't know what it's like to live in a small town like this. If Frank hears about things like that, he won't let you stay here." Chp 1, p. 6

"Frank, you fool, you stupid fool. You have a son to feed. I can take anything you say, go ahead and say it. Call Mae what you want to. I know what you think of her. I just need the money. We have to eat. We can't sit and starve and wait for a few seeds to work where even trees can hardly grow." Chp 2, p. 30

"He's one of the poor folks that lives up in the hills, and don't have the money to buy an alarm clock." Chp 3, p. 43

"Ah the women of America are failing. Every day more soldiers and sailors and marines and colonels and...