So I found more fun with words in the book I mentioned before.

1. "...Hostility strangled the oxygen from the air."
I didn't know hostility had that ability.

2. "Perhaps it was the amount of work that had gone into the brush shelter; its permanent impermanence suggested..."
Permanent impermanence - isn't that an oxymoron discussed in another post? Asking for a friend.

3. "Time dilated."
Okay. Not sure how that happens. Time warp perhaps?

This one is going back to the library soon. I can't bear to have it around any longer. I'm just glad I didn't hand over $ to buy it.