"Here we were about to be sacrificed to something ancient and alien that looked like a giant lizard and had the zealou…"

"I attempted to explain and he attempted to understand, but the truth fell somewhere between us."

"“Why, we’ll do missionary work for it natcherly,” Drake said, “spreadin’ enlightenment to anybody too dumb to listen,…"

"You do comprehend, do you not, that symbolically is not the same as fillingly?"

"Mrs. Jenkins, who had disappeared to “freshen up,” at last made her grand entrance. She swept onto the patio like a c…"

"We must draw the line somewhere. Observance of good form is necessary to the orderly completion of lessons. Orderly c…"

"I was about a foot farther down the wall when I heard a hoarse hacking and a slimy projectile slapped the back of my …"

"But promises were being broken all around. Most of us in Nam were the children of the last war that was ever supposed…"

"Fortunately, he was the sort of person who, when he demanded an explanation, listened to it."

"William gave me a look that said it was too bad I was brain-damaged."