“I want that child around for the rest of its life to remind Tom what a fool he is.”

“He'd been inside of a storm, all right. He'd been swept up in a tornado of sex and memory, naked regret and short-lived ecstasy. Now he felt tossed out of it onto the hard, prickly ground. He felt bruised and used.”

“He pointed to the newborn.'This way he'll have a home, he'll have parents, he'll have a brother.' 'And a rapist for a father.”

“İnsanların iyi niyetleri suistimal ediliyor.”“Kim tarafından?”“Biz tabii ki!Hasta insanların buraya gelip o aptalca hikayelere inanmalarına izin veriyoruz ve işleri onlar için daha kötü hale getiriyoruz.”“İnsanların okudukları şeylere inanmalrınıengelleyen bir yasa henüz yok ,Abby.”“Fakat dolandırmayı engelleyen var.”

“...in a county where romantic partners were as scarce as yaks.”

“Good ol' Rex, always the bridesmaid, never the bride.”

“Out of a still, clear day, the wind suddenly picked up.It bowed the grass in his direction, unaccountably lifting his spirits and making him think that maybe she hadn't minded his devotion, after all.”