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

He just wanted to look at her and know her life was marching along under the same arch of time and space as he is.

Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.

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 the normally experienced them.

She kept walking. The very small, brave part of her brain knew that this would be her one chance. If she turned around, she would lose it.

It was their mothers, long ago. Tibby noted with joy that all four of them were wearing jeans.

The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that? -Coach Brevin