"Living in Trenton in July is like living inside a big pizza oven. Hot, airless, aromatic."
Chapter 1, pg. 7

"My mother gave me her resigned mother look. The one that said, So go...at least I got you to stay through desert and now I know you had one good meal this week. And why can't you be more like your sister, Valerie, who is married and has two kids and knows how to cook a chicken." Chapter 2, pgs. 35-36

"Neither of those felt exactly right for the day, so I took myself into the kitchen to see if I could find my identity in the refrigerator. I was plowing through a Sara Lee frozen cheesecake when the phone rang."
Chapter 2, pg. 41

"I'd been replaced by a raspberry Popsicle, and Morelli didn't look all that unhappy. I, on the other hand, wanted to smash something." Chapter 4, pg. 93

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