Tag: Chrestomathy

“It was not a hit-and-run, but rather an almost-hit-and-run-even-faster”

Ecochondriacs, p. 115

“He had found out she was a Christian during his first visit to the office, which is why he was willing to ask her out, but Christians come in all flavors, and some of them wouldn’t pair nicely with the flavor that Larry knew himself to be”

Ecochondriacs, p. 114

“Del looked around the room like he was about to see some classified material to a swarthy Russian named Oleg.”

Ecochondriacs, p. 111

The gym “was not anything like one of those techno-mart wall-to-wall muscle factories. He detested those. Mirrors everywhere, as though a gym was supposed to be some kind of a satanic and narcissistic fun house”

Ecochondriacs, p. 109

“Keith was built like a couple of fire hydrants, one of top of the other, and the top one was a little bit wider”

Ecochondriacs, p. 108

“He was an affable man, and he might even have become a good man eventually if only he had been allowed to do that without having to overcome many obstacles or any stiff resistance. He liked the idea of being good”

Ecochondriacs, p. 104

“He had white hair that was thick and full, and which reached almost to his shoulders. He looked like a cross between an aging hippie running a tie dye shop and a Confederate general.”

Ecochondriacs, p. 103

The school “still looked entirely serviceable, but Cody guessed that an ambitious superintendent had gotten a bond levy passed, and was now tormenting his prisoners at a swankier location”

Ecochondriacs, p. 98

“‘Um,’ he said, trying to gather up his thoughts, which someone had grabbed and then kicked all over the parking lot. It was probably the devil, and he was doing a lot of kicking”

Ecochondriacs, p. 92

“He kissed her back for about a second and a half, and then jumped the same way he had once jumped when a waiter had dropped a hot bowl of French onion soup in his lap. ‘Whoa,’ he said. Whoa, whoa, whoa. ‘’Yikes,’ he added”

Ecochondriacs, p. 92