“How come they get to blow off their chores while we’re stuck in here?” she said. Her twin, Grace, joined her at the window. “They just thought of it first, I guess.”

Charles de Lint, Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairy Tale

Consider also:

  1. There’s a city ordinance against eating an elected official without a permit. May I see your permit …?
  2. “Promiscuity can be, at times, overlooked”
  3. “That’s right, just get rid of me you weirdoes, so you can talk about your stupid make believe stuff,” he replied. “Don’t be ridiculous Angus we’re only going to talk about you,” Sue laughed at him. “Well off you trot then.”
  4. “A clap of thunder at that instant shook the castle to its foundations; the earth rocked, and the clank of more than mortal armour was heard behind.”
  5. “Inevitably, Life and Death nourish each other—a constant renovation—so why should we fear our again becoming the worth we did strive after?”