“Molly wasn't hope then, of course, and i can't help hating her for not being there.”

“I can't, I can't, I can't help hearing, I can't help seeing. I can't help it unless I run away.”

“I jerked the blankets right back off her, and there she was with her nightdress up around her neck. It was a shock to me that, her starting to look like a woman."[Jimmy about Molly]”

“If she had only known, things might have been different between us, but I could never talk to her about it"[Jimmy about Molly]”

“ I never could talk to my sister Molly, because she was loopy”

“Do you like Mother and Father?" "they're both all right""they're not Jimmy, and you shouldn't say so. I hate them, and you should hate them.""all right" I said, "I hate them.”

“I made up my mind to tell Joe about what was going on at home after the funny business about Molly's letter. As I went to sleep I imagined myself telling Joe even about the the funny marble feeling that came over me from time to time. Then I remembered a lot of the whopping lies I had told Joe about my mother and father.”