Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.
“In the K.H.L., you're even more patient at your position because the rink is so big, you cannot play that way.”
“Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.”