Round Rock QUOTES

1 " David Ibañez was in town. . . . Both he and Rafael suffered from terrible hay fever and nursed cups of a naturally decongesting tea made from the mahuang plant, brewing more tea for anyone else who needed it. David had brought the mahuang seeds from an herbalist in Shanghai, and Rafael kept a good crop of the low, scrubby bush in his yard at all times. He said it was the best hay fever treatment he knew, and whenever Santa Ana weather kicked in, he was the most popular man in the valley. "

― Michelle Huneven , Round Rock

3 " You know, I always think about going back to college. Just to catch up on all those books that supposedly shape our lives but nobody ever reads.”
“Yeah? Like what?”
. . . “Well, there’s the Bible. You ever read it?”
“Parts,” said Lewis.
“Well, this whole wrecked civilization is based on a book most people have only read parts of. "

― Michelle Huneven , Round Rock

5 " There’s something to be said for geographic affinity, all right. "

― Michelle Huneven , Round Rock