Well worth it (he says sarcastically)

...a university degree is like a bungee cord, lowering in and pulling out with dangerous velocity. (NW by  Zadie Smith)

The club was called Delvecchio's, and it sat amid an expanse of blacktop like a cruise ship on a flat, dark sea. (All Shook Up by T.C. Boyle)

Before I could react, her voice was coming at me, soft and passionate, syllables kneading me like fingers. (All Shook Up by T.C. Boyle)