“The five separate fingers are five independent units. Close them and the fist multiplies strength. This is organization.”
“Language is the proper way to communicate, followed closely by five balled up fingers forming a fist and flying at a face. Violence is never the answer—unless the question is: What the fuck are you going to do about it?”
“He kissed each finger, and with each one of them spoken a word. Five kisses, five words. His last.”
“One hand, five homes. A lifetime in a fist.”
“Five syllables," Apollo said, counting them on his fingers. "That would be real bad.”
“The fact of being reported multiplies the apparent extent of any deplorable development by five- to tenfold.”