"Katie slipped down farther into the water, and found herself thinking back to the day she had received the diary—July 19."
Section 1, Katie, p. 4

"Sitting there on the top deck, she remembered a favorite line from the movie The African Queen: 'Head up, chin out, hair blowing in the wind, the living picture of the hero-eyne,' Bogart had teased Hepburn."
Section 1, Katie, p. 6

"Katie had never been so hurt in her life. Nothing came close to this. She had lost the only man she had ever loved; God, how she loved Matt."
Section 1, Katie, p. 9

"Everything was a blur. I couldn't actually be sure of what was happening to me, but something told me heart."
Section 2, Suzanne, p. 18

"Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping all of them...