How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Backhouses ran from two-holers to six-holers. Ours was a standard four-holer. You could just about judge a family's station in life by their backhouse. Just by looking at the Whitlock backhouse, with its ornate scroll wordwork trim and its fancy vent, you knew Calvin Whitlock was a person of means and influence in the community. (1.4)
Rich people and their fancy community bathrooms, are we right?
Quote #2
I could tell from the conniving look on Tom's face during lunch that his great brain was working like sixty to turn this to his financial advantage. (1.42)
How can you tell Tom's thinking about making money? He's awake. Actually, scratch that—he probably dreams about making money, too.
Quote #3
His freckled face suddenly became solemn. "Sometimes my great brain almost scares me," he said. "I'll be a millionaire before I'm old enough to vote." (1.136)
But the real question is if he'll bankroll sketchy political campaigns. Money, like intellect, matters most in how Tom uses it. In this book, he doesn't have enough to do much of anything with, though.