“Your cousin Maureen just got a job at the button factory. They're probably still hiring."Helen Plum”
“Sometimes I picture all your fingers. Sometimes they're crawling down my spine. Sometimes they're buttoning your jacket. Sometimes you're far but your still mine.”
“What's this outfit? You can't afford clothes? Are you wearing other peoples?"Helen Plum”
“If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.”
“I ought to tell you I'm probably your cousin.”
“It has been said that the hardest job in the world is raising a child, but the people who says this have probably never worked at a comb factory or captured pirates on the high seas.”