- "Rabozzo scraped a few more pieces of coal, and then collapsed" (pg70)
- " and crazy four slowly lifted Rabozzo's body by it's feet and dragged it along the mine floor, leaving a trail of blood" (pg 71)
- "The captain blew smoke, then motion with the end of a cigarette toward Eddie's leg. Because I was the one he said who shot you" (pg 86)
- " It blew the captain 20 feet into the air and split him into pieces" (pg 90)
- "He learned that a man's bones really do look white when they burst through the skin" (pg 63)