“Do I look like the flower type of guy?”

“I'm not into caps with lots of diamonds on them, like KP.”

“Rob Green needed to get the long barrier out, didn't he?”

“I looked at her, and she was smiling like she was broken.”

“The receptionist looked us over, then went back to typing something incredibly urgent—like her résumé́ for another job.”

“Katie cleared her throat again. Then she looked into the window at her gums. She said, "To change the subject, do you think I could tell if I had gingivitis?”

“All good New Orleanians go to look at the Mississippi at least once a day. At night it is like creeping into a dark bedroom to look at a sleeping child--something of that sort--gives you the same warm nice feeling, I mean.”