“B.C. sat back in his chair. “Whatever America needs, the world will supply. Cocaine? Colombia steps to the plate. Shortage of farmworkers, corn detasselers? Thank God for Mexico. Baseball players? Viva Dominicana. Need more interns? India, Philippines zindabad”

“It was like the baseball gods were showing off just for him, in honor of his first day of big league baseball. And surely the baseball gods were smiling that day, because the next batter was Larry Brown, and he was a scrawny, scrappy 23-year-old kid who’d never hit a big league home run. And yet he stepped to the plate and became just the second player in baseball history to connect and give his team four consecutive home runs.”

“The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things.”

“The words 'mainly in America' translated to me as 'this is bollocks' and I sat back in my chair with a sigh.”

“God never calls His people to accomplish anything without promising to supply their every need.”

“And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”