“The thought made his belly heave again. Sam bent over the gunwale and retched, but not into the wind. He had gone to the right rail this time. He was getting good at retching.”
“The rocking of the deck beneath his feet made his stomach heave, and the wretched food tasted even worse when retched back up.”
“She did not have time to wonder about his being late. He died bent over the sidewalk sign that stood out in front of the hardware store... He had not even had time to get into the store...”
“This was worse than a retched nightmare. It was the nightmare of real things, the fallen wonder of the world”
“There have been times recently, since the begining of our troubles, when the site of David awake active, conscious, walking and talking has made me want to retch, so acute is my loathing of him.”
“The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart.”