"The deep doesn't bother swallowing just anybody. The sea takes the extraordinary and leaves the rest be" (Page xi).

"I feel like God has entire, whole control over whether my illness stays away or comes back. And my only bargaining power is to be, like, super nice. Only problem is, I've probably got some killer-bitch tendencies" (Page 37).

"If you can understand human behavior, it can't hurt you nearly as much" (Page 47).

"I could hear them giggling and sparking up a doobie on the stern, kind of a subdued version of the usual. Sets of eyes kept looking at us, but I could not get over the feeling that everyone's biggest wish was to pretend the whole thing never happened" (Page 66).

There are times in life to grow, and there are times in life to shine. One can't grow and shine at the same time; it just doesn't work...