“I would nearly go into convulsions of dismay at my stupidity.”
“And yet, even as I made these plans, there was a small dismayed corner of my heart. Like those stupid cartoons when you're a kid: little red devil on one shoulder and the little angel in his nightie on the other. My good angel was hiding his eyes.”
“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.”
“Optimism and stupidity are nearly synonymous.”
“...dismayed that I would pass up true adventure for the sake of a fake one I'd never get around to inventing.”
“I don't care," said Seth. "I would have done it. I would have sold my soul for you. You and me...I told you. Something's always going to keep us near each other...even if we aren't together.”