Lena realized that a fundamental layer of their happiness depended on the four of them being close to one another. Their lives were independent and full. Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives, but it seemed to give meaning to all the others.

There are going to be moments of deep, deep doubts, and you have to have faith that your initial idea was good and just muddle through.

How could you cleanse yourself if you couldn’t forget?

Wear them, they will make you brave.

The ocean was the best place, of course. That was what she loved most. It was a feeling of freedom like no other, and yet a feeling of communion with all the other places and creatures the water touched.

Sometimes you couldn’t face the sadness of being forgotten until you felt the comfort of being remembered again.

Forget Jack, I'm in love with the cold, dirt floor.