Gold was not altogether certain what, anatomically, a gorge was, but he knew that his was rising.

Everything passes. (That's what makes it endurable.)

You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!

We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.

In short, Clevinger was one of those people with lots of intelligence and no brains, and everyone knew it except those who soon found it out.

She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled.

Let someone else get killed!