Some things have to be believed to be seen. -Ralph Hodgson

People left a lot of things behind when they went in the water. Their clothes, their stuff, their makeup, their fixed-up hair, their voices, their hearing, their sight--at least as they normally experienced them....Some people lost their individuality in the water, but Riley always felt most herself. Water was supposed to symbolize renewal, she knew, but when Riley swam, pared down, alone, and unreachable--she felt a deeper sense of who she already was.

His distress and pleasure mixed and married, giving birth to several anxious children.

Tibby cried into her soup when it finally came. "I'm scared... ," she told it. The carrots and peas made no reply, but she felt better for having told them.

I sometimes think the stronger you feel about someone, the harder it is to picture their face when you are away from them.

Everything I ever said to you was true and is true.

For the first time she saw that the nurse's name was Tabitha.