“If Fang is in any way harmed while I'm gone-if he gets a hangnail-you won't see another morning. Are we clear on that?”

“It was a cool day and very clear. You could see a long way-but not as far as Velma had gone.”

“I'm way hot," he muttered. "But I don't feel sick. Just — way hot."
Fang”

“He gives my hand a tight squeeze, but that desperation, that urgency between us is gone. No insecurities. Max and Fang. Fang and Max. No longer a question. We just are.”

“It's so beautiful at this hour. The sun is low, the shadows are long, the air is cold and clean. You won't be awake for another five hours, but I can't help feeling that we're sharing this clear and beautiful morning.”

“The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.”

“While I am describing to you how Nature works, you won't understand why Nature works that way. But you see, nobody understands that.”

“Won't you look down upon me, Jesus,
You've got to help me make a stand.
You've just got to see me through another day.
My body's aching and my time is at hand
And I won't make it any other way.”

“Saw you early this morning
With your brand new boy and your Cadillac
Saw you early this morning
With your brand new boy and your Cadillac
You're gone for something
And I know you won't be back”

“the next morning, fang and i broke up. now let me get this strait, i broke up with him. a split second after he broke up with me.”