“ Adding kidney beans to his cottage cheese and pineapple was an act of bravery Dave had not intended. Theric Jepson
“ My mother buys a handful of wishing beans, which just seem to be white, dry beans with no specific magickal import. She will parse these out over the months when she feels her family members most need… Thomm Quackenbush
“ It is my trade," he said. "I work for the bean family, and every day there are deaths among the beans, mostly from thirst. They shrivel and die, they go blind in their one black eye, and I put them in… Janet Frame
