Should I marry W.? Not if she won't tell me the other letters in her name.

If God is everywhere, I had concluded, then He is in food. Therefore, the more I ate the godlier I would become. Impelled by this new religious fervor, I glutted myself like a fanatic.

Notes for a ballet, The Spell: ... Suddenly Sigmund hears the flutter of wings, and a group of wild swans flies across the moon ... Sigmund is astounded to see that their leader is part swan and part woman - unfortunately, divided lengthwise. She enchants Sigmund, who is careful not to make any poultry jokes ...

At the trial Stubbs chose to act as his own lawyer, but a conflict over his fee led to ill feelings.

Sygmnd was a poor Austrian who'd lost all the vowels in his name in a boating accident.