This Body Is Breaking Down, But I

People Sometimes Talk About The Power Of First Impressions, And Believe Me, There Is Truth To It.

People Left A Lot Of Things Behind When They Went In The Water. Their Clothes, Their Stuff, Their Makeup, Their Fixed-up Hair, Their Voices, Their Hearing, Their Sight—at Least As The Normally Experienced Them.

She Wondered Again About Her Inclination To Wish For Things That Made Her So Deeply Unhappy.

It's So Much Easier To Have No Expectations Than To Have Big Ones.

She Was Still Waiting For Him To Come Back To Her, Even Though He Wasn't Going To. She Was Still Holding Out For Something That Wasn't Going To Happen. She Was Good At Waiting. That Seemed Like A Sad Thing To Be Good At.