“Then he half raised himself from the ground, threw his arms into the air, and fell forward in his side. He was dead.”

“I threw down my enemy, and he fell from the high place and broke the mountain-side where he smote it in his ruin.”

“For a few moments, raising his arms desperately, the Reverend Mouret implored Heaven. His shoulder-blades cracked, with such fantastic force did he pray. But soon enough his arms fell to his sides, his hopes abashed. From heaven came one of those silences utterly void of hope known to the devout.”

“The blast of hot air lifted Tazeem from his feet and threw him onto his back in the road. He blinked up into the night sky; raindrops glowed orange as they fell towards the earth.”

“Each believed that God was on his side, for no one raises a hand without convincing himself first that he is right.”

“My head fell forward and to the side until it collided with his shoulder as my arms slid around him and got tight.I felt his head turn and in my ear he said quietly, "Fuck, baby, just with that, you made callin' that marker worth it.”