“I guess this means we're uck-fayed, don't it Mikee?”

“Its a neighborhood where every dad has at least one job and where parents often end conversations with the words: no guts, no glory.”

“What in the world could this family have done to deserve a fate such as this?”

“Zachary smiles, and I wonder if he's felling different. Because standing out here waist deep in Gossimer Lake, next to my best friend, I'm feeling different-light and good and maybe even holy.”

“Don't make me sit through reality.”

“My wishing star glowed slightly and winked back at me. I could almost hear its voice, tinkling like wind chimes and church bells, reassuring me that everything would return to normal.”

“In Detroit, we all talked the race game. It is a way of life.”

“If a man hasnt found something he will die for, he isnt fit to live.”

“The industrial part of Detroit is really the most interesting side, otherwise its like the rest of the United States, ugly and stupid.”