“Mother always said he was like a lake, calm on the surface though a powerful current rumbled beneath. Tristan, meanwhile, was the ocean—his feelings frothed and foamed on the surface, crashing like waves into every situation.”

“The water is calm, but the currents pull beneath the surface. Though they can’t be seen, they have the power to drag cats to their deaths.”

“I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.”

“On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man”

“He plunged beneath the surface and knew that these were Elyon's waters, and his lake had no bottom.”

“She looked up into his face and asked him "What does it feel like to have someone so beautiful?" He looked down at her naive eyes and said "It feels like a wave from the sea. The wave crashes over you and you go under unaware of the surface above you. You forget about everything while your with her. And eventually you feel beautiful too.”