“Nothing good will come out with lying.”

“إن الملك مغرم فقط بالكلمات لا يستطيع ترجمتها إلى أفعال”

“standing in the neutral zone~ living on sleep deprivation.”

“He tried to press the machine into my hands, but I stepped back. He was getting too close, and besides, I didn't know what this meant. Was he trying to sell me the machine? Was he giving it to me? I had heard that in America, if a girl accepted a ring from a boy, it meant she would marry him. What about accepting a tape-playing machine? Did it mean I might have to dance with him?”

“Extra' was a very American word. Americans seemed to have extras of everything.”

“What's the point of living if you don't even own a jetpack?”

“Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.”