“He burst into the house and ate Grandma, an entirely valid course of action for a carnivore such as himself.”

“Grief, he said, is carnivorous.”

“You look like the cat that ate the canary.""As a vegetarian, I object to that metaphor."Scout grinned teethily at me. "As a carnivore, I object to your pickines. Now spill the goods."-Scout and Lily”

“Miki burst into laughter while Angelina looked validly concerned. “Sara, honey, you’ve got to let your toy go.”“Hey!” Zach snapped.”

“Other people say: hold on, if he's carrying the entire universe in a sack, right, that means he's carrying himself and the sack inside the sack, because the universe contains everything. Including him. And the sack, of course. Which contains him and the sack already. As it were.To which the reply is: well?”

“His heart beat so rapidly it might burst; he kept telling himself everything was fine so long as he remained a giraffe.”