There was a moment in between, a moment flung free in the midst of the transition, when he made contact. That was the moment she would dwell on.

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 went around with a broken heart, and she wasn't sure who'd broken it. She thought it was herself, mostly.

Tibby was shaking her head. "What?" Bailey asked. "Nothing. Just that you suprise me every day," Tibby said. Bailey smiled at her. "I like that you let yourself be suprised.

There are two kinds of people in this world. The kind who divide the world into two kinds of people and those who don't.

When I turned fifteen, I remember my father gave me a credit card which I was allowed to use for two things: emergencies and books.

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