“During the mid-50s, facing a bilious Senate, the comic-book industry had agreed to censor itself, guaranteeing parents that their books would conform to basic moral standards.”
“Alison's mat was awful, a square of bilious green jute with cross-stitching in yellow wool, all soiled with sweat from her hands and knotted too tight so the jute was crumpled.”
“If I walk into a room whose walls are painted bilious green, the formal possibility of bilious green is forced on my attention, because it is embodied in the actual environment, like it or not.”
