“Nick smiled. “I kind of like the irony.”“Jesus, you are such a nerd.” Gabriel flung the lighter at him. “Stop using big words.”“Five letters is a big word?”
“So she doesn’t like the rain,” said Gabriel.Nick smiled. “I kind of like the irony.”…Chris sighed. “No one likes the rain.”“You do,” said Nick. He flung the lighter back to his brother. Gabriel caught it. “Maybe we should put some money on it, see how long it takes Chris to get her wet.”
“People laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas, you have to use big words to express them, haven't you?”
“But if you have big ideas you have to use big words to express them, haven't you?”
“When scientists use the word 'intractable', you know there is a problem.A big problem.A hell of a big problem.”
“I expected him to do his usual thing of "Oh, Sophie, but that is impossible b/c of this big word, and that big word, and also this abstract concept.”