“I started to teach him how to swim only to leave him in the deep end too soon.”
“Jenna had started swimming in the deep end of the pity pool.”
“His expression softened, which made Sterling's throat tighten just a little. “You've cannonballed into the deep end when you don't know how to swim, haven't you?”Sterling looked at him solemnly and smiled. “Yes,” he said. “Don't let me drown.”
“They didn't think it had anything to do with the war. They were sure Billy was going to pieces because his father had thrown him into the deep end of the Y.M.C.A. swimming pool when he was a little boy, and had then taken him to the rim of the Grand Canyon.”
“It's difficult to teach how to write novels, but teaching swimming is just as hard.”
“Dissect him how I may, then, I but go skin deep; I know him not, and never will.”