She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymous she was. Except when she was at work, no one knew where she was at any time of day and no one waited for her. It was immaculate anonymity.

Every day a question mark.

There was one thing my murderer didn't understand; he didn't understand how much a father could love his child.

Hey, Ocean Eyes,” my father said. “Where’d you go on us?

Please don't let Daddy die Susie," he whispered. "I need him.

Before, they had never found themselves broken together. Usually, it was one needing the other but not both needing each other, and so there had been a way, by touching, to borrow from the stronger one's strength.

Like a medical procedure,' Ruth said. 'Intricate surgery is needed to patch up the planet.