“The phrase 'sodomized by a bratwurst poltergeist' suddenly flew through my mind.”

“I peeked up at him one more time, and regretted it. He was glaring down at me again, his black eyes full of revulsion. As I flinched away from him, shrinking against my chair, the phrase if looks could kill suddenly ran through my mind.”

“In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew”

“Then right before my eyes, she flew. She actually flew like a bird. No, she flew as a young girl might fly, or a woman or a man, if people were meant to fly. She soared through the air. And that changed the course of my life forever.”

“For days afterward, a series of magical thoughts flew through my mind. For instance, it seemed somehow surprising that the hours continued to pass in spite of what I knew. It was almost shocking that time did not, in fact, stop.”

“Banion wondered which was worse - being sodomized by aliens, or having to sit through two hours of Charles Ives.”