“She was striding up Middle Street when a toddler in a spotty skirt tottered out of the play park and stood in front of her.”

“It's like being a spotty teenager. I was that teenager. I was sure my spots were the reason I didn't have a girlfriend.”

“It's a spotty record with a few instances of glorious success, some interesting inconclusiveness, and one or two failures.”

“It was this extra afternoon patronage that kept the jukeboxes humming during many hours when they ordinarily were either silent or played at spotty intervals.”