"A cold bath of snakes...I'm freezing full of snakes. All in my blood. Crawling through my heart." Part One, p. 31

"He somehow managed to get what he wished was true confused with the facts of his own life. it wasn't the first time it had ever happened. It was a little quirk his head had of working when he was lost in the sour mist of bourbon whiskey." -Part One, p. 55

"Victor said: "The great dragon was cast out. The old serpent called the devil and Satan which deceiveth the whole world. He was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him." Part One, p. 76

"Duffy Deeter loved young jocks like these who thought they were strong. They always looked as though they had an aluminum cup in their pants and a helmet on their heads. Their universal contempt for anything weaker...