“I personally believe Patch scared the pants off normal, and it took off running for the far side of the world.”
“I took my pants off slowly, thinking if I did it too fast I’d possibly rip a hole in the center of the universe.”
“Somebody stop the world. I'm scared and I want to get off.”
“They took off running like a couple of spastic marathoners.”
“The world is full of power and energy and a person can go far by just skimming off a tiny bit of it.”
“To her, saving grace meant you got to live out your life like a normal person: You were healthy and strong, an the prospect of death was just some far-off, barely acknowledged hypothetical. A debt to be paid off in a future you couldn't imagine”