“Mindful of not thanking their benefactors, in case, like wights, they took offense, she added, "Your kindness is gratefully acknowledged. May your trees be forever fruitful.”

“Careful, even now, not to thank the wights, she added, "You have all been most kind.”

“May your balls rot like fruit in the sun, and your manhood wither at the root!”

“And at a fruit boutique called Atelier du Soleil, one beautifully proportioned mango was selling for the equivalent of one hundred dollars. "That's not your average supermarket mango," one Tokyo fruit connoisseur told me. "That mango will change your mind forever about mangoes. That mango will blow your damn mind!”

“You don’t scare me,” he added. “Oh, but I should.” “I’ll never be scared by a girl.” “Oh so now you’re not only a complete jerk, but your sexist too. Real nice, Radder.” “Thank you,” he said, “your offenses mean nothing.”

“The Enlightenment may have indeed outlived its usefulness, but it is only through Reason's protocols that one can make a coherent case for Reason's limitations. O ye of little skepticism, kindly acknowledge your debt to that idiom on which you so glibly heap scorn.”