“Because if I fell any deeper for the way his eyes crinkled with his smile or his habit of tapping on his nose to emphasize a point, my ship would be sunk.”

“What bothered me the most was the hesitation in his voice when he said that like he was running out of time.”

“If youre supposed to work with someone, Id recommend not getting all hot and bothered with them the night before. The word of the day was tense.”

“Flirt with the old ladies and youll be fine, I muttered, shoving my stuff into the cubby. He hung his green hoodie on the hooks right beside me. Is that how you get by? Doesnt work on the old ladie...”

“The choice lay out for me. Stay on land or plunge into the icy depths of the sea. I always chose the sea.”

“He looked so frustrated and perfectly serious, and yet here we were talking about his missing seal pelt.”

“You need to understand that you are not your appearance or your body”

“Women do not give a very favorable estimate of their appearance”

“It is complexes that prevent women with a good appearance from adequately assessing themselves”

“Martin is your best friend, isn't he?' a sweet and well-intentioned girl once said when both of us were present: it was the only time I ever felt awkward about this precious idea, which seemed some...”

“It figured my family would get along better with Clark than they did me.”

“The existence of other people is essentially awkward.”

“No. Ye loved him. I canna hold it against either of you that ye mourn him. And it gives me some comfort to know ..." He hesitated, and I reached up to smooth the rumpled hair off his face."To know ...”

“In his arms Ive finally found the place Ive been looking for, where fear cant touch me, where memories cant reach, where the past is forgotten and the present is enough. Where the present is, in fa...”

“Our relationship with the world can only be better when we know ourselves well!”