'I rolled my eyes. “Fine! Alright! A train is nothing....”I took another rough swallow; “--To be afraid of...”

He smiled and nodded. “That a girl. Besides,” he said, standing straight and looking at me.
“You’re sixteen and a train ride is a really stupid thing to be afraid of...”'-from text

'I snorted, remembering Yia Yia’s reaction every time a letter from Cedric came in. Usually I didn’t even get them until two days later when I’d ask where’d all the mail went. Yia Yia would never withhold mail, but if I didn’t ask for it I wouldn’t get it.
“No need for letter from English boy...”she would mutter in Greek as she would hand me the thick envelopes that would hold Cedric’s letter. “Plenty of good handsome Greek boys right here on island. Good looking, strong, Greek boys....” and by then she would have me kicked out the door, so I would go read my letter on the beach.'

'“Eternal glory?” he prompted. “You can’t say that wouldn’t be smashing!”
“It’d be great...” I shrugged. “If you’d rather be known for brawn over brains....”
“Prize money?” He quickly added.
I paused quietly, thinking of it. A thousand galleons. I couldn’t argue that it would be great, grant it, my dad would have to get a real job, but it would keep us afloat for a while.
“It’d be nice. “I finally caved.'-from text