“Their throats were bare for God.”
“All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.”
“What followed was for him a very entertaining spectacle, with one of Edward's brothers seemingly intent upon the most subtle of seductions and the other barely able to force malmsey past the gorge rising in his throat.”
“We roared. We were one big animal throat, roaring.”
“In one long glorious acknowledgment of failure, he laid himself bare before God.”
“Well, God knows you're barely standing but you've got to carry this heavy load.”