“or to lick along the smooth velvet lining of a woman's mouth with his tongue.”

“Overhead was a sky blacker than jewlers' velvet, and a billion stars screamed down...”

“He could feel the pores of his body open like a million mouths and slurp the water in like a sponge.”

“See the TURTLE of enormous girth,On his shell he holds the earth.If you want to run and play,Come along the BEAM today.”

“Relief loosens tongues beyond measure.”

“He pointed toward the silhouettes on the side of the [bathrooms] instead--black cutout man, black cutout woman. The man had his legs apart, the woman had hers together. Pretty much the story of the human race in sign language.”

“We'll just have to get along. That's what people do, you know? They just get along. And try to help each other.”