It was my first whiskey and it tasted harsh and medicinelike.

From there, if the planet is big enough to gravitationally retain a thick atmosphere and is in the temperature zone where water can remain fluid, then you’ve got yourself an exo-ocean.

His voice was deep and rich and somehow took the fidgets out of them. They now felt glad and quiet and it didn't seem awkward to them to stand and say nothing.

The life-sized statue was the same size as the subject, and since he had never fit in that chair, neither did the statue.