Pratyaksha

“Fifteen seconds later he left the house, five hours late but moving fast.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“The first great break-through—or, rather, breakdown—of society’s nudity/lewdity guilt-by-association was the now-famous Marilyn Monroe calendar. Marilyn’s respectability when she died was based principally upon her economic status, which is, in the final analysis, the only type our society really respects.”
― Lenny Bruce, How to Talk Dirty and Influence People: An Autobiography

“I just have to get rid of this piece of glass,' said Anne. 'I guess something broke here earlier?'
'It was me,' said Patrick.”
― Edward St. Aubyn, Never Mind

“She stared at them with the worried frown of a drunk trying to work out why the door is dancing.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul