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Simon does not need to look up, nor even open his eyes from meditation. With a calm grace he rolls to the side, letting the heavy ball crash down where he was seated. Standing slowly, he stretches his arms languishly and tilts his head.
"This should prove interesting."
Then leaping forward, lands precariously on the ball of Catherine's weapon, still imbeded in the ground, and leaps again into a flying kick aimed at her head
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"Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?"
-- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
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