"Soon he would be a man." Chapter 1, pg. 3

"He ran to be with himself." Chapter 2, pg. 9

"Six whole days, Coyote Runs repeated. Six days to be a man." Chapter 3, pg. 18

"Oh great, Brennan thought, another relationship." Chapter 4, pg. 27

"Something was there, some strange thing that bothered him." Chapter 8, pg. 54

"Magpie was a body." Chapter 9, pg. 71

"It was one thing to say he had to learn about the skull, and quite another thing to do it." Chapter 12, pg. 97

"Victim, Brennan thought. Victim. He felt suddenly sick, weak. Imagine how it must have been, he thought. To have somebody hold the barrel of a gun to your head and pull the trigger." Chapter 15, pg. 120

"Brennan knew nothing but the papers, the papers and the world they showed." Chapter 17, pg. 132

"Names. He knew the names of the men. All Irish. Probably big men, soldiers, blue uniforms, hot, stinking of sweat, chasing...