“Though little had actually happened to Susannah the car smelled of lovemaking.”

“She was sitting on her own long blonde hair, which Susannah had noted came to just under her rear, cupping it in a provocative way.”

“As someone called Anonymous once said, 'You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk-dancing.”

“You feel like butter," he whispered, "and velvet.”

“Frankly, you're the most homeless person--emotionally--I ever met.”

“The crowd screamed, and in the same instant the band whammed into "Lady" like a desperate man into a ten-dollar prostitute.”

“He sat up, his chest moving, his mouth open as if he'd run the annual San Francisco Bay to Breakers race in record time instead of, as the event intended, having fun.”