From the way his face lit with curiosity to the slight tilt of his jaw, even the lingering scent of brine and breeze gave him away.

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 you’re supposed to work with someone, I’d recommend not getting all hot and bothered with them the night before. The word of the day was “tense.

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.

We’d never talked about his parents, like he was some underwater Peter Pan.

The tides rolled up to crash against the shore while we sat feet from one another with the remnants of all we’d left unsaid driving us apart.

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.

Most medical physicists work in the physics of radiation oncology making sure that the desired dose is given to the cancer and the dose to normal tissues are minimized.

People who know, know. The others, it really doesn't matter.

Who can measure the love Christ felt for a lost world, as he hung upon the cross, suffering for the sins of guilty men? This love was immeasurable. It was infinite.

The real question is: how can I live so that my death will be fruitful for others?

If I am not pleased with myself, but should wish to be other than I am, why should I think highly of the influences which have made me what I am?

That which comes slow comes solid.

One-half plus one-half does not equal one; one whole plus one whole equals relational wholeness.

Is it not when the fall is the lowest that charity ought to be the greatest?