How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
"Call the hotel," he told Raven through her headphones. "Tell them to move me to a room with a Jacuzzi. Chop-chop!" (11.103)
While his crew and hired wranglers sleep out in the Everglades wilderness, Derek hires a helicopter to take him to a fancy hotel every night. How is that for real and rugged?
Quote #8
Those cheap weasels at the network had offered to renew Derek's contract with a 10 percent raise that he considered highly insulting, and well below what was necessary to maintain the proper lifestyle of an international television star (and now yachtsman). (12.120)
Hmmm… we wonder if Derek will ever take the hint that he might only be worth as much as his employers are willing to pay him.
Quote #9
Most people who were nearly drowned by a twelve-foot gator would feel grateful to be alive and not eager to repeat the foolhardy behavior that had gotten them into that situation. No such contemplation entered the mind of Derek Badger […] His reckless brush with death actually made him feel invincible. (12.122)
Invincible means Derek feels like he can't die. Since we're pretty sure death is a fact of life for all living creatures, nothing seems like a better example of how ridiculously full of himself Derek is than barely escaping death and interpreting it as being somehow above dying.