“The girl who had left Ireland was gone to the bottom of the ocean with the rest of them.”

“The horses suddenly began to neigh, protestingAgainst those who were drowning them in the ocean.The horses sank to the bottom, neighing, neighing.Until they had all gone down.That is all. Nevertheless, I pity them,Those bay horses, that never saw land again.”

“A big city is a big ocean; the one who doesn’t know how to swim finds himself at its bottom!”

“It was like being at the bottom of an ocean, she said. There was no light and a whole ocean crushing down on you. But most people had gotten so used to it they thought it normal, they forgot even that there was a world above.”

“She walked with a ghost of herself, one full of potential and possibility. One who was fearless. Where had that girl gone?”

“When boys and girls go out to play there is always someone left behind, and the boy who is left behind is no use to the girl who is left behind.”