“Marcus, even in this darkness, I try to swim back to you.I swear, I do.”

“Let’s just say, there’s not much of a moon out tonight,” Nose continued anyway, “but if Yale joined us, there would be.”

“My dad was nothing but a bingo call.”

“...but I’d learned a long time ago that the worse things are, the more people lie about them.”

“Marcus, even in this darkness, I try to swim back to you.I swear, I do.”

“Marcus looked down. “Ah, man! This was my favorite shirt. Who tore it?” he asked, trying to pull the ragged edges together.”