You came back fighting and furious at me. You told me you'd been looking for mermaids, and I interrupted you. [...] I said that next time, you had to take me with you."
"Was there a next time?"
"Well, you tell me, you don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?

“You'd think someone who'd been to medical school would be able to hear through …”

“so familiar that you slide back to the place where you fit.”

“In fact, sometimes I was sure that the reason people stared at you with your cr…”

“I would have given anything to keep her little. They outgrow us so much faster …”