Freud said he didn’t know what women wanted. I know what women want. They want a whole lot of people to talk to. - Kurt Vonnegut

As in my other works of fiction: All persons living and dead are purely coincidental, and should not be construed. No names have been changed in order to protect the innocent. Angels protect the innocent as a matter of Heavenly routine.

When the excrement hit the air conditioner (Recurring phrase throughout many chapters)

This is my principal objection to life, I think: It is too easy, when alive, to make perfectly horrible mistakes.