"And then there's the date she's supposed to show up, scrawled in blue pen on a line at the bottom of the card: April 27, 1979. Just like you said."
Chap. 1, p. 1

"Richard and I figured out a while ago that the more stuff Mom swipes from the office supply closet, the more she's hating work."
Chap. 2, p. 6

"I was named after a criminal. Mom says that's a dramatic way of looking at things, but sometimes the truth is dramatic."
Chap. 3, p. 7

"Losing Sal was like a long list of bad things, and somewhere in the top half of the list was the fact that I had to walk home alone past the crazy guy on our corner."
Chap. 6, p. 16

"But if someone sat on my legs and forced me to name the day the whole true story began, I'd say it was the day Sal got punched."
Chap. 7, p...