We don't set out to deliberately scare with our creatures, we try to make them as awe-inspiring as possible.

When he comes around. Do not tell him nothing. Do not make a sound. Cos if he knows we're there he might tear his heart out. And beat us to death with it.

Seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying violent hands upon the ship.

No one willingly jumps into boiling water; we become suckers to the scheme by comfortably playing in lukewarm water while the heat slowly rises, optimally while showing the latest Hollywood movie while promising free popcorn.

Nature’s kind trick is to make everything happen so slowly that we don’t get as scared as we should.

Dip him in the river who loves water.

"Like water leaking through a dam," said Piper.
"Yeah," smiled Percy. "We've got a dam hole."
"What?" Piper asked.
"Nothing," he said. "Inside joke."

The others laughed, and we started to settle in. We did Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock for bunks,

From his hole so wet and drenching

Guy believed everything in sex should be done slowly so as not to scare the wildlife and to ensure his own natural grace and poise.

We don’t have to invite pain in, he thinks. It’s waiting for us: sooner rather than later.

We are waiting for the long-promised invasion. So are the fishes.

He is a fool who will descend into a well on another man's rope.

Water deepens where it has to wait.