“Stephanie leaned forward intently, and with a really fierce look on her face. Her good eye was fiery, and we may guess that the other one was fiery also, if we could only have seen it.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 139
Spelunking Down Below
“He appeared to be the kind of man in whom the tag self-awareness had almost no place to attach itself. If self-deception were a form of spelunking, he came across as the kind of person who would have been lost in Carlsbad Caverns for more than a few years now.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 137
If Babylon Had Phones
“But, as Stephanie had guessed, there was plenty of other stuff on his phone, stuff that would be illegal even in Colorado as it had now become. We might even go so far as to say that he had stuff on his phone that would have been illegal in Belshazzar’s Babylon. So, as I say, he bolted from the room.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 132
Yeah, Dwight
“Why did you molest me, then, Dwight?” She put as much English spin on her Dwight as she could. If Dwight were a ping-pong ball, he would have hit the table and then bounced sideways.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 130
That’s How It Seemed Anyway
“The next ten minutes staggered around the room a few times, and then sat down abruptly, drunk. After that, five more minutes crawled around for a while on its hands and knees, looking for the door.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 129
The Full Shudder
“An involuntary shudder started at Stephanie’s ankles, and raced to her neck and head.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 129
The Atmosphere Was Electric, In Other Words
“The pack reminded Stephanie, who had just managed to squeeze in the side door, of a crowded dog pound, with numerous mongrels quivering with excitement, waiting for the county official to throw some meat over the fence.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 128
And Some People Hate That
“Ace was a predator, a dangerous man, one whose toxic masculinity just seeped out of him and puddled on the floor.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 127
Confession of Sin as Sermon Prep
“Personal spiritual issues, also, must be dealt with in this regard. In fact, certain issues in the preacher’s life should be dealt with as part of sermon preparation. If not, the spiritual blocks can remain, denying the preacher the liberty to hear, see, respond to, and rejoice in the truth personally.”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 109
Passive Aggressive Ambulance Chasing
“He wasn’t an ambulance chaser because the ambulances would just drive by the billboard. He didn’t need to chase anything. The billboard was stationary.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 127