They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241)

She's got the kind of ethereal, unselfconscious beauty some young girls possess that breaks your heart. Or theirs.

They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241)

This is a fairy tale with teeth and claws.

We all have our fictions, little lies we tell ourselves to keep going from one day to the next.

Obeying orders just to obey is the mark of a person who has ceased to think. Remember, it is better to suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.

Follow your heart. Just don't get lost.