"Abysmal communication skills" p. 47
"Amorphous, immune to ordinary laws of the world, like a huge octopus reshaping its body to slip through a tiny crack." p. 345
"Baby Vipes Are Especially Deadly" is one of the chapter titles.
"Congratulations on Your Retirement" p. 326
Davenport: series of sofas made by the Massachusetts furniture manufacturer A. H. Davenport and Company, now Defunct. Wikipedia
Erik. Her only child
"Flounce after a humiliating Failure is, itself, a humiliating Failure." p. 324
Giant Pacific Octopus: Marcellus
"His strange eye glints playfully, like a naughty child's." p. 9
"Humans. For the mist part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures." ~ Marcellus p. 350
"I do not like the hole in her heart. She only has one, not three, like me. Tova's heart. I will do everything I can to help her fill it." p. 233
"Jigsaw piece who found her way into the wrong puzzle." p. 19
Knit-Wits p. 14
"Luminescent Lure that attracts prey right into its maw" p. 197
Marcellus
Natter: to have a casual, friendly conversation about unimportant or trivial things. p. 40
"On a summer afternoon, it will teem with beachcombers and adventurous picnicker, tjose looking for the most picturesque spot to sit and lick ice cream cones." p. 332
Pinniped: a diverse group of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammals. p. 218 "Peck at the perimeter of Tova's consciousness " p. 224
"Quirky macrame wall hangings" p. 281
"Slurry of Superfluous words." p. 3
"Tova closes her eyes, imagining him underneath the surface, holding the candles for her." p. 11
"Unmitigated grief" p. 331
"...Ventures up to the attic, to what is left of the piles and linens and photographs..." p. 287
"Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?" p. 47
"eXtraordinarily nice, in spite of the stoic shell she puts on at first." p. 276
"You're quite a woman, Tova. Did you know that?" p. 286
Zillionaire p. 303
