She must have sensed she never really had him. That was a sadness of hers, he knew.

He's had a lot of chances to care, and he hasn't.

Do you have any idea how much I've loved you?

I love you, I'll never stop.

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 was supposed to be putting her life together right now, and all she could seem to do was throw grenades at it.

There was nothing new in sitting on this dock, on this or that wooden bench, watching for his boat to come. In some ways, she was always waiting for him.