"Jake believed
in the power of the radio weatherman on KOPF 1020AM. She didn't just want the salvation of his voice, she needed it. Without his help, her Monday morning crawl to work seemed insurmountable. Absent his encouragement, she doubted her ability to wash away the gray of another weekend wasted house shopping in the suburbs of Los Angeles." (Chapter 1)
"We rent down there. We sleep down there. We eat down there. But we don't live down there. We don't live anywhere."
"So, what you're saying is that you want to tell me where and when to get people riled up."
"A lie is a lie."
