And since I’m going to be in the neighborhood, you thought I might do as an escort? To an orgy?

Just because one of Arlene's husbands was a murderer is no reason for me to be ugly

He looked like he'd just seen the Ghost of You Better Shut Your Mouth.

Why was it librarians had such a prim image? With all the information available in books right there at their fingertips, librarians could be the best-informed people around. About anything.

I was surprised to find out there was a direct line from my palm to my, my, hootchie.

In the world I lived in, the world of human people, there were ties and debts and consequences and good deeds. That was what bound people to society; maybe that was what constituted society. And I tried to live in my little niche in it the best way I could.

I felt like a car that had only been operated by one driver… a car its new prospective buyer was determined to take to the Daytona 500.