Chapter Two, "Glands,
Gooseflesh, and Hormones," reviews the hormones and brain systems involved in the stress-response: which ones are activated during stress and which ones are inhibited.
Already rising, lump in the throat, pulse That taps the fingertip; The word made flesh,
gooseflesh; placid,
Some people call them "goose bumps." Others call them "
gooseflesh." Some people even call them "goose pimples." No matter what you call them, one thing is certain.
When he was eight years old, my father was visited by a nightmare so powerful that half a century later the mere retelling of it would stipple his skin with
gooseflesh and lift the hair on the back of his arms.
Each one was like a successful first date, filled with thrills and
gooseflesh.
And that feeling I had, that
gooseflesh sense of identity that I felt at seeing Nelson Mandela, listening to Mahalia Jackson sing, watching Muhammad Ali fight, or hearing Martin Luther King speak, is part of what I mean by being colored.
A reader knew a line was true poetry if it caused them to catch their breath, raised
gooseflesh, or caused hair to stiffen.
Called the "Voice of Gospel Music," Sandi Patti's set of pipes can touch off an epidemic of
gooseflesh. If she isn't a household name yet, it's only because she refuses to go the "pop" route and insists on blending preschool carpool duties with an international concert tour.
She saw his skin was
gooseflesh. 'Not my style at all,' he said.
Withdrawal can present as agitation, rhinorrhea, dilated pupils, nausea, diarrhea, yawning, and
gooseflesh. The COWS, which, as noted in the case on page 544, assigns point values to withdrawal symptoms, can be helpful in determining the severity of withdrawal.
Still, White, a longtime special-effects maven, demonstrates a reasonable grasp of how to use silence and stillness to build tension and atmosphere, and every so often he strikes an effective note of dread--sometimes even in broad daylight, where a simple bike ride through an empty tunnel can raise a surprising amount of
gooseflesh.
"Roger," she said, looking at him, aware that her arms, her legs, and her stomach were stippled with
gooseflesh. "What do you mean 'return them'?"
