(Feeling very low about himself) "I sure wish I had a best friend. I wish I had any friend. But there's no chance of that ever happening."

(Telling Echae about his groups' escape from Zoombini Isle) "Oh, sure. Besides giving us a very stern talking-to, they put guards all up and down the beach. In the watchtowers too. But I'll tell you, it's nothing a few well-aimed rocks to the head couldn't take care of."

(Indecisive about a topping for a pizza) "Okay, Echae, we're still missing one ingredient from Arno's pizza. Is it peppers or mushrooms?"