"It was so quiet, I could hear my own breathing, loud in my ears. Outside, the ocean was crashing, waves hitting sand, them pulling back to sea. I thought of everything being washed away, again and again. We made so much mess in this life, both accidentally and on purpose. But wiping the surface clean doesn't really make anything any neater. It just masks what is below. It's only when you really dig down deep, go underground, that you can see who you really are."
~ what happened to goodbye
Sarah Dessen, page 361
