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EACH PERSON WHO EVER WAS OR IS OR WILL BE HAS A SONG.
Daisy,
Haha - the policewoman’s song!
Haha
Haha
Haha - an old popular song:
[Chorus]
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do.
I'm half crazy all for the love of you.
It won't be a stylish marriage;
I can't afford a carriage;
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
Of a bicycle built for two.
Camberwell
MAEVE LIVINGSTONE
Grahame Coats
Haha
to risk it all on a turn of pitch-and-toss.
Haha Rudyard Kipling, IF:
[….]
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
[….]
http://penn.betatesters.com/kipling2.htm
Ewwww
SPIDER
Haha
This was because Spider was, give or take a little, a god. When you’re a god, your emotions are contagious—other people can catch them.
It wasn’t anything he did; it was something that he was.
Haha
like Reality “Spider was used to being able to push reality around a little, just a little but that was always enough.” p. 162
an array of grotesque but effective lobster-eating implements and devices at the ready.
Haha I never thought of that before
even miracles can only take you so far.
He didn’t even hope the plane would crash and end his mortification. Life was definitely looking up.
Haha
Haha
eyes that held madness.
It was only a metaphor, after all.
Haha
Haha a snack and a nap
Haha
Haha
Both of them fought unscientifically, like boys—like brothers—
Haha Mee too
They can’t do that without a warrant. Presumably they got one, but it needs to be said.
SPIDER
He didn’t do confrontations terribly well.
What he wanted to do—and Spider was driven entirely by wants, never by oughts or shoulds—
Human beings do not like being pushed about by gods.
until now Spider had only ever thought in the short term)
Haha
“Birds,” Spider said, “are the last of the dinosaurs. Tiny velociraptors with wings.
Haha
Haha
Her eyes were wide and scared.
the crazed ruby eyes of killer rabbits, and
Simile?
The man dove from the window,
Haha
You can always get more stuff, though.
ROSIE’S MOTHER
Rosie
New Year’s Eve at Disneyland proportions
mentally sacrificed a dozen flawless black bulls for good measure.
Double simile
“I’m in love,” continued Rosie, as if her mother had not spoken, “with Spider. His brother.”
Haha
FAT CHARLIE
