“FATHER RILEY. ...I love her! But that doesn't change the fact that every thought in my head is sinful. That doesn't change the fact that I'm a hypocrite giving out penance when I know how far a Hail, Mary goes for taking away the hatred and the jealousy that's just going to come back again and again and again...And sometimes...I feel like the man at the toll booth, giving out a price they pay so that they can go on their way, until the next time they need to go through.” LoveSinConfessionToll Booth Book:Toll Booth Source: Toll Booth
“Zoe rubbed her forehead and grimaced. “America is one toll booth after another. In Noshahr I could park anything in front of our compound, but not in free America. I tried to buy a goat to roast. I am not going to tell you the trouble that caused.” “You can’t roast goat in America?” “You can roast,” Zoe said, “but there are certain rules about goats. And it made the neighborhood children cry. The details are too tedious for the telephone.” IranMiddle EastParkingAlienHomesickZoeImmigrantGoatToll Booth Author:Michael Benzehabe