“What does a guy say to that? What does an inexperienced guy say to a beautiful, smart, proper girl who's not supposed to say things like that?”

“Anyone can do the wrong thing if they really want to.”

“By three in the afternoon, after one Bintang too many, I was absolutely smashed and feared that trying to stand may end badly.”

“You can't draw lines in the sand like that. Humour's a tsunami that doesn't care about your little lines.”

“Cussing like a commoner wasn't something I was tested on. I picked that habit up outside of high school.”

“Misadventure asked what the harm was partaking in one more and I decided not to argue with her.”

“A misadventure is an act that has a safer, less self-detrimental, less interesting alternative. But you choose that act because you want to do something memorable and worthy of discussion.”

“As academia became my identity, my fascination with firefighters became buried and, seemingly, died.”

“Patience, persistence and hard work lead to success and happiness. Or you can do whatever the hell you want and with a bit or a whole lot of luck you'll stumble onto success and happiness.”

“Harry and I are misadventurous misadventurers that like to partake in misadventure.”

“I'll tell you what you want to hear. I mean, what I need to hear. I'll tell the truth.”