“How I would love to be a British pound. A pound is free to travel to safety and we are free to watch it go. This is the triumph. This is called globalisation. 2”
“Then someone started pounding on the door. And not a little "Hey, what's up?" pound. Like there was a big sale on door pounds down at the Pound Outlet. Buy one, get one free at Pounds-n-Stuff.--Being the Journal of Abby Normal”
“But if we grow stronger...and rise higher than what's pullin' us down...Yes, rise higher than dirt...that fifty pound weight will lift and you'll be free, free without anybody's by-your-leave. Do something to wash out the sin.”
“I inherited a pound from my British uncle. I’d have rather gotten a dollar, because what do I want with an animal shelter? ”
“I had no idea how free we were. That's how free I was.”
“I wasn't sure exactly how prostitutes determined price, but if men bought hookers by the pound, these two would be doing okay.”