“Maddie breathed in deep, inhaling the scent of breakfast and dish soap, clean laundry and wood floors, sunshine and a room filled with love. It smelled like home.”

“Even when the sun was shining she couldnt see it. The whole house was closing in on her and she was suffocating.”

“Shhh, Mr. Winston whispered into her hair. Its going to be okay. Its going to be okay. He said it over and over again, just as the boy had done when she was at her most helpless. He rocked her with...”

“Have you ever loved someone so much, you felt like your heart was going to just beat right out of your chest?”

“Even when the sun was shining she couldn’t see it. The whole house was closing in on her and she was suffocating.”

“Shhh,” Mr. Winston whispered into her hair. “It’s going to be okay. It’s going to be okay.” He said it over and over again, just as the boy had done when she was at her most helpless. He rocked her...”

“The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to ...”

“Silence is the mother of truth.”

“Silence is a powerful tool.”

“Like any stage of the hydrologic process, we have our own peculiarities, our organs making us nothing more than water pools or springs of bizarre shape, filled with pulsing tubes and chambers.”

“When the water is calm, take as much distance as possible with your boat!”

“The world beyond the water was a blue of green and stone and blue. A moment later Yoshi pushed through, the water pouring down in sheets so smooth it looked like glass, and stepped into the calm [p...”