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Quote #4
"Anyhow, Ah done promised Gawd and a couple of other men, Ah aint gointer have it in mah house." (16)
Wait—Sykes is religious, too? He must be talking about the village men, but we know for a fact they don't like him, so he must be just talking out of his backside…if you know what we mean. And how does he figure it's his house? Sykes doesn't pay for anything and has a lot of nerve posing as a devout, property-owning man.
Quote #5
"Oh well, whatever goes over the Devil's back, is got to come under his belly. Sometime or ruther, Sykes, like everybody else, is gointer reap his sowing." (26)
Delia is convinced that either God or the Devil will eventually punish Sykes for all of his bad deeds. We're not sure if this faith is a good coping mechanism, or a way for Delia to avoid taking matters into her own hands.
Quote #6
"Dat's de reason Ah got mah letter fum de church an' moved mah membership tuh Woodbridge--so Ah don't haf tuh take no sacrament wid yuh." (79)
Oh, snap—it looks like Delia has finally found the way to free herself from Sykes. By moving her church membership she is physically and spiritually severing herself from Sykes and her old life.