“His expression practically hung out a shingle announcing the topic was off-limits.”

“As long as you are wearing a hat made out of shingles, you’ll always have a roof over your head.”

“No' seems such a flimsy and inadequate little word to express how very little interest I have in hearing you rambling on about that particular topic.”

“His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific experiments, and the atmosphere of violence and danger which hung around him made him the very worst tenant in London.”

“For example, if she joined the book club — there was always a book club — and hung out with them, her choice of guys would be limited to the dark and moody Chuck Palahniuk/Kurt Vonnegut/Life-Sucks-and-Then-You-Die brooders.”

“Thanks, tripod," Eric said...."Tripod?" Jace asked. "As hung as you are, you practically have three legs.”