“The mother of the heating contractor does notHave the same problem as the mother of the poet.When the mother of the heating contractor talks about her sonIt's usually understood, from the beginning, that her son,The heating contractor, is not pretending to be a heating contractor.”

“She's drunk dialing contractors. Someone should stop her.”

“She’s drunk dialing contractors ” Chloe said to Tara. “Someone should stop her.”

“I had a nightmare about beingTrapped in an elevator with a self-made man--He was born with a silver bootstrap in his mouth;He pulled himself up by his spoons.But when he lived in the fraternity,Before he could roll his sleeves up and get anything done,He would pack his laundry into boxesAnd mail it off to his mother and his grandmother--They would wash and iron his clothes, And then mail them back to him.”

“Sure, Mom." There are worse punishments than tailing Patrick all summer. Don't contractors usually work without shirts?”

“In ordinary life, the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation; but the advantage of making a contract with heaven is that intentions are valid currency.”

“I'm a private contractor now. I choose my clients, not the other way around.”