Oh, jeez, please kill that metaphor,...Or kill me. One or the other.

“She would not stop until she beat the devil.”

“And while Luce dreamed below of the most glorious wings unfurling-the likes of …”

“STANFORD LOCKWOOD WORLD'S BEST FATHER”

“People are here because they've got baggage. I'm talking curbside-check-in, pay…”