- Veronica: This treehouse is my life, my world. Don't expect me to give it up without a fight. I would rather die first.
- Lord John Roxton: It wasn't death I was afraid of: it was not living. I couldn't believe it was over.
- Veronica: Did that hurt?
- Ned Malone: Why would it hurt? All you did was pull a stick with a long jagged Spear out of my chest.