“Well, let’s state the facts accurately. I wasn’t leering. I merely glanced at her. I simply wanted to get her attention to find out if they put my cinnamon roll on the wrong train.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 91
An Odd Feeling
“He didn’t feel the way he had felt the night before, except in his gut. He felt normal in every respect, with the exception of his large intestine. He felt like his intestine had somehow gained thirty pounds. He thought he should be able to function normally without looking dejected. He was dejected though, or at least his intestine was.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 87
A Soft Semantic Spread
“So my grandma smiled her brightest and most cheerful smile at the lady, and with her old-school Alabama accent, the kind you could spread on crackers, she said . . .”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 73
Than to Serve in Heaven
“They want to rule the world, pure and simple, even if it is a smoking ruin by the time they get to rule it.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 71
Although the Exegesis is Uncertain
“As a result of his visionary thinking and visionary back-room dealing, he was soon the CEO of the largest oil company in the history of mankind. I think his oil company might be alluded to in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream of the big statue.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 67
My Word is a Hammer
“His name was John Henry, and there was a divine sense of humor thing in that because he was a steel-driving preacher.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 66
Misdirection
“Whenever you see wholesale titillation and razzle dazzle, you can be assured the real game is somewhere else.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 64
Juxtaposition
“She was a set of walking incongruities. Her dress was plain cotton, and she was wearing the same kind of white sneakers that she had worn for years. Apart from the two novelties, she clearly had the Old Order Mennonite look. But the baseball cap made her feel like her head was on fire, and while she had no intention of playing the hussy, the lipstick made her feel like she was almost one.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 42
On the Unattainable Side
“Stephanie nodded. Good to meet you, she seemed to indicate. She was cool and aloof, but still friendly. Like a sunbeam shining down on the upper slopes of a beautiful glacier.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 42
They Liked It, In Other Words
“The other members of his team could take a great deal of this. They were eating it out of the carton with a spoon.”
Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 35