“So youre a reader, My mom sighs, as if somehow this elevates Isabel to yet another realm of perfection.”

“Wait. Is a real, live adult person actually asking me details about the games I play? This is unheard of.”

“It seems like the best escape games come from Japan for some reason. It makes me proud.”

“I cant believe I thought this was going to be boring. This is great!”

“I turn back to the Archers, who dont look like the same species as us. Do they even sweat, these people?”

“Dad has shamelessly played the Mom card. Against which there is no defense.”

“Live your life. Be happy as you can be, let go of the things that don't matter, and fight.”

“He lowered his eyes to his dad's face. There was fear there. Fear. When your dad was frightened, there was something to be frightened about.”

“Mum is a perfectionist and Dad is a pedant and that was partly why their marriage didn't work so well, Elsa figures. Because a perfectionist and a pedant are two very different things.”

“The past is a ghost that haunts us. Ghosts must banished. Lingering on the past is weakness, Lord Vader.”

“#NAME?”

“-No, I am thy father.”

“My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.”

“Find your noble purpose and defeat any residue of fear.”

“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.”