Raw Tidbits

1. “You sing in public places,” he said slowly. “Under your breath. You, you do this thing where you don’t move your lips but still try to say all the lyrics, and then you stop the moment you think someone notices. It’s the cheapest and most embarrassing thrill you can think of.”
“Everybody does that.”
“No they don’t. Only you.”
“Huh.”

2. Don’t trust people who write in capital letters, she said. Don’t trust people to open a window when you have a perfectly good ceiling fan. Don’t trust the poor, they’re everywhere, and if they notice you they’ll eat you alive. You can trust your pediatrician and Jesus and that pretty much covers it.


3. “What’s the corn for?” Della asked.
He picked up a stick and tapped it against his calf. “The deer. They come and eat it, so we can go and eat them.”
“Corn kills deer?”
Her IQ peaked roughly around to that of table salt.