Why do you think the author uses this type of punctuation in transcribing Maurice's words?
“You know, at that moment she saved my life. ‘Cause I was going down the wrong road, the wrong hill, and, you know, my mother—bless her soul, my mother died—and the Lord sent me an angel. And my angel was Laurie. “Without you,” Maurice said, raising his glass, “I could not be the man I am today.”
