“In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.”

“I am a girl ready to explode into nothing.”

“Because if the whole universe could just explode out of Nothing and then just Be, don't you see that the opposite could also be true? That it is possible to implode and Un-Be as well as to explode and Be? That it's possible to implode and Un-Be as well as to explode and Be? That all human beings, Napoleon Bonaparte, for example, or the emperor Akbar, or Angelina Jolie or your father, could simply return to Nothing once they're...done? In a sort of Little, by which I mean personal, Un-Bang?”

“Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.”

“Because for Gonzo, anything which may explode at any moment is clearly a girl.”

“He suddenly exploded in a flurry of arms and legs, out of which flew a ball.”