“Come close now,' ordered Fenworth. 'Time for an exit. I think we'll whirl, Kale likes to whirl. Hold hands. Let's stay together, children. I want no one lost.”

“I feel a little whirl of dislocation -- the trademark sensation of the world being more closely knit together than you expected”

“Big whirls have little whirls,That feed on their velocity;And little whirls have lesser whirls,And so on to viscosity.”

“He closes his hand around mine and I hold on. I like his hand. It's big and holds easy but sure. It's the kind of hold that says, I got you if you want me, but I'll let you go if you feel like running for a while.”

“And, pleased th’ Almighty’s orders to perform,Rides in the whirl-wind, and directs the storm.”

“I closed my eyes and willed my breath to slow, my conscious mind to fold itself inward. I could feel heat pulsing from my daughter's head, her frantic thoughts whirling like broken glass. I loosened my hold on my body and dropped into that whirlpool.”