Sometimes the best offense was avoiding self-destruction.

You look tired," Rachel told Jason. "I wish I could jog and sleep at the same time." "Can't you?" Ferrin asked, joining them at the little cascade. "I always imagined that you could sleep rolling down a mountainside in a barrel." "I probably could today," Jason conceded.

If we might be able to save this world, how can we walk away? Too many people around here have given up! Galloran said heroes sacrifice for causes; they do things that others hide from. I may not be some great hero, but I won’t hide from this. I would never live with myself.

Sometimes the best offense was avoiding self-destruction.

The baby dove into the room, transforming grotesquely as it landed on the floorin a deft sumersault

You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326)

There are no insect eggs in my food.” Mrs. White reiterated. You should use that in your advertising,” Nate suggested.