“The music of the Stones pounds the air like the amplified pulse of my erection.”

“...the sound of our lack of conversation amplified by the echo of our footsteps on the stone around us.”

“A stone thrown up into the air is bound to fall down, and absolute power is like a huge stone thrown up into the air.”

“The music enchanted the air. It was like the south wind, like a warm night, like swelling sails beneath the stars, completely and utterly unreal... It made everything spacious and colourful, the dark stream of life seemed pulsing in it; there were no burdens any more, no limits; there existed only glory and melody and love, so that one simply could not realize that, at the same time as this music was, outside there ruled poverty and torment and despair.”

“For several moments, Mary couldn't hear anything over the violent pounding of her pulse.”

“Football players throw a 3 pound ball in the air, but cheerleaders throw a 100 pound girl in the air and catch her.”