- Jock Lewes: I'm told by the doctor not to express pity. They said pity suggests hopelessness, which encourages despair. Vigorous concern is preferred, so I will be rigorous in my concern. How are you?
- Stirling's Mother: What on earth are you doing jumping out of airplanes? Even as a boy, you were always idiotically optimistic about the effects of gravity.
- Eve Mansour: You are the most effective covert operative in Africa. You make things happen.
- Dudley Wrangel Clarke: Textbook recruitment technique. Batter me into submission with flattery. I love it. Do continue.