“January worked harder than a stump-tailed cow during fly time...”

“They could no more reconcile to a mutually satisfying life than a donkey could sprout wings and fly.”

“Just thinking about January being in that shack all alone made him swell up fit to bust his britches.”

“She was full of flaws which with time would evolve into full-blown personality defects.”

“This time he jerked the appendage from her soft lap and tucked it under his leg, Indian fashion.”

“Poor Almafae hadn't been quite right since the time she'd stuck her head in a gnat ball at the age of two.”

“I have plans for my life and they don't include taking time out to break my back busting virgin sod with a flimsy plow.”