“Anyone as stupidly brave as Atsumori is not going to understand KenichiI was not stupid. Odds were that I would have drowned; I was in full armor.”
“Kate was never going to understand the extent to which men were stupid.”
“You stood up to the dragon so Beckendorf would have his chance to jump - now that was brave.""Or pretty stupid.""Percy, you're a brave guy," she said. "Just take the compliment. I swear, is it so hard?”
“Huge mammals surrounded us, any one of whom could easily overturn our stupid little boat. Tripod would drown. I would drown. Joe would undoubtedly be rescued by mermaids seduced by his beauty.”
“I would nearly go into convulsions of dismay at my stupidity.”
“I did something brave, then. Or stupid. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.”