Quote #13

'God is an iron,' I said. 'Did you know that?' I turned to look at her and she was staring. She laughed experimentally, stopped when I failed to join in. 'And I'm a pair of pants with a hole scorched through the ass?' 'If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then God is an iron.'

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