"No! Why should I! When all you want is the impossible - a vagina all of your own!" Chapter 10, p. 36.

"If anyone lays a paw on you - just tell them Elephants isn't far away!" Chapter 15, p. 56.

"Father Bernard...must have been tormented, not only by my persistently vindictive missives but by the sight of me strutting about town in the ostentatious manner I did." Chapter 15, p. 58.

"I want to paint two thousand dead birds crucified on a background of night." Chapter 19, p. 69.

"Naughty Pussy, gold-digging girl!" Chapter 22, p. 80.

"Oh my silly boy, my Shaunies." Chapter 25, p. 92.

"Oh Dr. (Terence) Harkin? He's leaving. Dr. Fenshaw will be taking over from now on." Chapter 26, p. 95.

"Martina! There are things you should know about. These people are just using you! You're only fifteen!" Chapter 29, p. 105.

"I want to hear about him, the man who gave you life! The bastard you...