“Nothing seems true today except the death of the goldfish who used to make love at ninety kilometers an hour in the pool. The maid has given him a Christian burial. To the worms! To the worms!”
“One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.”
“Without a use this shining woman lived - Or did she only live to be at death the food of worms.”
“He smiles a lot. But I think there might be worms inside him making him smile.”
“Do my ears deceive me, or can I actually hear the sounds of worms turning? You say a turning worm makes no sound? But how about a chorus of turning worms?”
“In nature, the bird who gets up earliest catches the most worms, but in book collecting the prizes fall to birds who know worms when they see them.”