" Connie Madison Parker, age 36, on Merchandise: "You got to put your
goods on display, babe. Otherwise, not only will the boys ignore you but—an'
trust me on this, my sister's flat as you—we're talkin' the Great Plains of East Texas — no landmarks — one day you'll look down and have no wares at all.
What'll you do then? "

― Marisha Pessl , Special Topics in Calamity Physics