“...sitting at the single table in a disreputable pile of lumber mistakenly called a building.”
“A rat called Possible New Strain was sitting under a spaghetti strainer held down with a pile of journalism textbooks, saying rude things in rat-speak.”
“Find a pile of gold and sit on it.”
“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.”
“Here am I, sweating my brains out to introduce a really sensational incident into your dull and disreputable little police investigation, and you refuse to show a single spark of enthusiasm.”
“Love smells like a flower in bloom. A flower that's sitting on a pile of steaming feces.”