“the moon rattles like a fragment of angry candy”
“And he beholds the moon; like a rounded fragment of ice filled with motionless light.”
“He didn’t give me flowers or candy. He gave me the moon and the stars. Infinity-Belly Conklin-”
“Everything and all of them were being rattled around like peas inside an enormous rattle that was being rattled by a mad giant who refused to stop.”
“I think that love is like candy.""I don't like candy either," I say. He smiles at me and shakes his head. "I think anyone who says they don't like candy just hasn't found the right flavor.”
“There were frogs all right, thousands of them. Their voices beat the night, they boomed and barked and croaked and rattled. They sang to the stars, to the waning moon, to the waving grasses. They bellowed long songs and challenges.”