Laughter went on and on, like sunlight and stone, even if the human beings who laughed did not.
Robin McKinleyShe fell asleep, leaning on his chest, and he edged her a little off a particularly painful bruise, leaned his head back against the tree he had propped them up against, and closed his own eyes.
Robin McKinleyWhen they finished laughing they were on their way to being not just friends, but the dearest of friends, the sort of friends whose lives are shaped by the friendship.
Robin McKinleyIf you try to breathe water, you will not turn into a fish, you will drown; but water is still good to drink.
Robin McKinley