The Crying of Lot 49

as each death, up till the moment of our own, is miraculous

and though he dieted he could still not as Oedipa did use honey to sweeten his coffee for like all things viscous it distressed him, recalling too poignantly what is often mixed with motor oil to ooze dishonest into gaps between piston and cylinder wall.

The signal echoing down twisted miles of brain circuitry