“I saw the void beneath the surface of the world; it threatened to pull me under.”
“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.”
“He looked at the world from above. Where I saw threatening waves, he saw tranquil water.”
“Until then she had been blind, but when she saw those mountains, she slipped beneath the surface of the war and found the country.”
“I know. I was there. I saw the great void in your soul, and you saw mine.”
“Nearly everyone in the world has appetites and impulses, trigger emotions, islands of selfishness, lusts just beneath the surface.”