Quotes from George Dawes Green

Hemorrhoids. Cockroaches. Anal warts. Lonely nights. Smoking's ravages. AIDS. All the ads promised relief from these things, but where was the relief from these ads?

Jaq has put on her gown, her long silver gown, and she's rebraided her hair and applied her makeup, and she's breathtakingly beautiful. She has her backpack on and her bike helmet. Roxanne says, "What's this?" Jaq says, "I'm going to the Ball, Mama.

But no, here she is. Simply shocking in her beauty and poise. She's wearing her only gown, the silvery

JAQ FETCHES HER ANORAK RAINCOAT AND her backpack from the coat check. Then stops in the fancy portable toilet to change from the gown into jeans and T-shirt.

I was in love with him. I mean, I'm not gay, but this was a physical love. When I was around him, I couldn't breathe. I felt like he was the world. I loved him the way that a worm loves its apple.

He's that detective. Galatas.