“There's only so many times you can kick a dog before it turns viscous. (Julian) ”
“There were only so many kicks a dog could take before it turned vicious.’ (Acheron)”
“But there are only so many times you can handle heartbreak with someone before you have to start protecting yourself.”
“There's only so long you can be at the zoo before it gets old.”
“There's only so far you can push a horse before it collapses”
“You can only fit so many words in a postcard, only so many in a phone call, only so many into space before you forget that words are sometimes used for things other than filling emptiness.”