Winckelmanns Images from the Ancient World: Greek, Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)

The very mud of this planet a living creature hungrily gnawing at him, as inexorable as death, drawing him deep within itself to be consumed. Now during one night--dangerous to his virtue--the devil whispered into his ear that he should live more luxuriously, since every one sucked the breasts of our holy mother church and yet they were not drained, a miracle which proved beyond doubt the existence of god.

The blond reached into the backseat, took out two long wooden paddles, and dropped them into the canoe.

Astonishment held them paralyzed.