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1 " A woman is like an ocean, sir, beautiful to look at but dangerous to cross. "
― Kevin Ansbro , The Minotaur's Son & Other Wild Tales
2 " My friend, it is a firm belief of mine that if a gentleman is to secure the services of a London cab then he should certainly carry a carrot on his person. Why only tip the driver and not the horse? "
3 " With his pendulous penis swinging from side to side, the beast clip-clopped up a rickety flight of stairs led by Pablo Zapata's wife, who took him through a beaded curtain into a room where a bevy of sullen women reclined on tatty sofas. A collective gasp rang out among the group and many crossed themselves in silent prayer. "
4 " All three were wild-haired and bedraggled, as if they had just staggered from a fight to the death with a family of chimpanzees. "
5 " A gentleman goes in search of flattery as keenly as a bee hunts for pollen. "
6 " I bear the Russian man no ill. A Stanislav has as much right to walk God's earth as does a Stanley. "
7 " In grave danger of suffocation, the mermaid peeled away from him and emitted a sonar wail that woke drowned sailors from their oyster beds. "
8 " Wow! You’re the fabled nymph I have heard so much about,” he gushed in wonderment. The beat of her diaphanous wings whined louder than those of a hundred mosquitoes and her iridescent toes skimmed the water around him. “If you promise to be kind and loyal to me, handsome, I shall consider you my friend,” she said airily. "
9 " Jacob remembered too his own profound feeling of disbelief as the sun dissolved like an aspirin while he drowned beneath the sky. "
