“Can't any of us stand up to those women?""Nope," said at least three men in unison.”

“There are only three kinds of Irishmen who can't understand women. Young men, old men and men of middle age.”

“Women leave their marriages when they can't take any more. Men leave when they find someone new.”

“Women were valued highly in those days – not as highly as the least of men, of course, but well above the worth of all but the most superior livestock.”

“Church always seemed the same. Jess could tune it out the same way he tuned out school, with his body standing up and sitting down in unison with the rest of the congregation but his mind numb and floating, not really thinking or dreaming but at least free.”

“Yes! Practice-singular!' the wise men screamed in unison. Three index fingers, like punctuation marks, jumped to attention in the air to emphasize their point (Life of Pi 68).”