“For what it's worth," Dad says, running his fingers over the picture, "I've never seen anyone run faster than Henry after you hurt your knee last week.”
“You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away. You just have to run faster than the guy next to you.”
“Any chance that you're pregnant?' the technician says as he pulls the X-ray lamp over my swollen knee.'No,' Henry and Dad say at the same time.”
“You cannot run faster than a bullet”
“For what it's worth Livvie, I never thought of you as a whore. And you are...the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.”
“You know how it's going to end, but instead of spoiling things, that somehow increases your fascination. It's like watching a kid run his electric train faster and faster and waiting for it to derail on one of the curves.”