Vroman's Trivia Day 6

As several of you correctly surmised, yesterday's quote was from White Noise, by Don DeLillo. The few of you who answered "The Metaphysics of Death," I'm hip to you. That was the first reference that came up on Google. Gotcha!

E once again got first place. He is now well ahead, but I believe there are still a few people who can catch him by sweeping the next two days. Alison took second place and received 2 points. Third place went to the mysterious "Pairoline." One point for them. On to today's quote.

What book is this quote from (And remember, it is a novel)? Clues abound, so you really shouldn't be Googling today's clue.