“..Like the cavities of missing teeth in some giant denture, into which new ones were to be fitted.”

“Angry Girl has no cavity. She has teeth.”

“Secrets are always hardest at the beginning. After a while they settle in like the cavities in your teeth, and you only think about them when they hurt.”

“It is wonderful barefoot in New York. It is like walking on one big giant tomb!”

“There were doors that looked like large keyholes, others that resembled the entrances to caves, there were golden doors, some were padded and some were studded with nails, some were paper-thin and others as thick as the doors of treasure houses; there was one that looked like a giant's mouth and another that had to be opened like a drawbridge, one that suggested a big ear and one that was made of gingerbread, one that was shaped like an oven door, and one that had to be unbuttoned.”

“If you have more cavities than you have teeth you've led a 'Sweet' life.”