It was an edifice that combined high tech and low taste to an astonishing degree. - Esther Friesner

He did not know the proper name by which to call preshrunk designer jeans, yet if left to his own lexical devices, he would name them Paradise. Like many another man of faith, he yearned for entry thereto.

“I won’t do it,” said Barti.
“Then we’ll kill you,” replied Aliska, who had grasped the fundamentals of religious debate pretty quickly.

The trouble with having royal advisors," the king muttered half to himself, "is that they're always trying to give a man advice!