The present no matter what I brought couldn’t change the past. The Past was set and sealed.

How is it that a person could be so relieved and so disappointed, both at the same time.

I knew her hair and her coloring and her shapes would be different next time, but the way she wore her body would keep on.

Marnie hated to see her spend so much of herself on someone who didn't care.

Her vision of the world under the water represented a beautiful stillness, a version of heaven. It was the lost city of Lena, her alternate universe, the life she yearned for but didn't get to have.

She wasn’t sure if he wanted more from her or if he wanted less. Maybe it was both. Maybe it was always both.

He'd pushed her. He'd scared her. He'd besieged her. He'd vowed he wouldn't, and he did.