"Shame on you, Goldy. Blaspheming the Lord like that," Jackson whispered. "The police are going to get you for selling those tickets." "Ain't no law against it," Goldy whispered in reply. "They just say 'Admit One.' They don't say to where. Might be to the Savoy Ballroom."

Goldy, disguised as a Sister of Mercy, brushes off Jackson's warning about selling fake tickets to heaven.

— Harlem Cycle #1 - A Rage in Harlem (Chester Himes, 1957)


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