“Well now, Jack," Hastings said from the sidelines. "I'm afraid you've been beheaded. Not a good start." He sounded amused.”

“He turned to Miss Minerva. "I'm relying on you, at any rate. You've got a good mind. Anybody can see that.""Thank you," she said."As good as a man's," he added."Oh, now you've spoiled it!”

“I mean," he said swimming closer to me, "you've lived your entire life too afraid to live off balance. You've stuck to this plan of yours and it's keep you from experiencing life. So, if you're too afraid to try and dive, then stay here and swim." He swam away from me and started walking out of the water.-Loc 3172”

“Fabulous" Jack said, reaching down and plucking a crimson flower. A small scream sounded from it as he severed the stem. He smiled maliciously, then started stomping with abandon through the beds of blossoms, a chorus of tinny, shrill screams punctuating every step.”

“I'm not afraid of heights, but the idea of falling from them, well, that I'm afraid of.”

“Mira’s never wrong. Whatever she showed you tonight, it’s fated to be.”“Fated”, he said, sounding amused by that. “Well, shit. Then I guess we’re doomed.”