some people fall in love over and over again while some people can only do it once.

I killed her once and died for her many times

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.

She remembered me.' This was his worst weakness, his most toxic drug.

He tricked himself into thinking that she would look into his eyes and remember, that love would conquer all.

Maybe they would look at each other and feel some odd yearning, but neither of them would know why. They would want to stop, but they would be embarrassed, and neither would know what to say. They would go their separate ways. Who knew? Maybe that happened every day to people who'd once loved each other.

You have been with me from the very first life. You are my first memory every time, the single thread in all of my lives. It`s you who makes me a person.