Artie said to them, "The leader of any country is tremendously important. The leader of a country makes decisions that will affect not just their own country but very often the entire world."- P80
And yet Artie still felt a lingering sense of shame: He had lied to his students. They could not bring about world peace. No one could.- P82
Artie said nothing. And Evie had one of her thoughts: God, that man is so soft.- P82
The fact that he himself had not died that day in the water continued to surprise him, and the fact that he had wanted to die surprised him even more. He could not find that feeling within himself these days at all. Incomprehensible world! Unbelievable world—- P84
