“A slice of spumoni wouldn't have melted on her now.”

“He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food cake.”

“If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive.If I couldn't ever be gentle, I wouldn't deserve to be alive.”

“Her eyes ate me.”

“Tall, aren't you?" she said. "I didn't mean to be."Her eyes rounded. She was puzzled. She was thinking. I could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother to her.”

“She lowered her lashes until they almost cuddled her cheeks and slowly raised them again, like a theatre curtain. I was to get to know that trick. That was supposed to make me roll over on my back with all four paws in the air.”

“She was thinking. i could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother for her.”