“Like climbing a cliff, thinking is a perilous activity for those unused to it.”

“It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a magnificient activity, I firmly believed, not in spite of the inherent perils, but precisely because of them.”

“Wildcat fights for den or prey;Watch for tracks and stay away.Bollusk trample, charge, and kick;Climb a sturdy tree or cliff."She broke off as Payne leaned over and said in a stage whisper to one of the girls, "I don't think she's remembering it right. The real verse is, 'Bollusk charge and like to trample; climb, or be a flat soil sample.”

“She. Spoke. To. Him. First. It was like winning the lottery, getting laid, and climbing the highest cliff all rolled into one. But he needed to play it cool, becase he was trending into lame-o land at a quick pace.”

“Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.”

“Those who go beneath the surface, do so at their peril.”