“She danced so curving, lissom,like the laughter of the song.She sent resounding into spaaceand down the ages long.”

“It is bad to suppress laughter. It goes back down and spreads to your hips.”

“The Park?" Gus asked skeptically, following him out of Kali's building and across the empty street. "The place with the homicidal poodle pack and creepy hanging goddess?”

“I AM THE GOD OF STORMS! I BRING THE THUNDER! I BRING THE LIGHTNING! STOOOP RAINING ON ME!”

“I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.”

“I never dreamed the sea so deep,The earth so dark; so long my sleep,I have become another child.I wake to see the world go wild.”

“I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people who annoy me.”