“He shuffled along with the hang-dog look of the cosmically fucked.”
“The dog is not bored. It's not like he's waiting for me to give him a fucking Rubik's Cube. He's a goddamned dog.”
“In the beginning man was poor, then along came Cosmic Ordering.”
“Good dog! Nice fetch!""He wasn't fetching.""Bring her here, boy. Good job!"The dog looked from Zack to me."I've been training him," Zack said. "Up till now he's brought home only dead rabbits, but I guess he's finally getting the hang of it.”
“Then they set out along the blacktop in the gunmetal light, shuffling through the ash, each the other's world entire.”
“As she shuffled back, he glanced down at the tent between his legs. Christ, that goddamn thing in there was huge; he looked like he had another arm in his pants.”