Those of us with water in our personalities don't pick where we'll flow to. All we can do is flow where the landscape of our lives carries us

Some people have difficulty telling the difference between something great and something they've simply heard of.

You seemed so desperate, like you might drown if someone didn't save you.

A wounded tiger is a dangerous beast.

Here again, I saw life in all its noisy excitement passing me by.

If those sorts of moments would be the only pleasure life offered me, I'd be better off shutting out that one brilliant source of light to let my eyes begin to adjust to the darkness.

I tried to continue, but somehow my throat made up its mind to swallow – though I can’t think what I was swallowing, unless it was a little knot of emotion I pushed back down because there was no room in my face for any more.