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1 " Knives of rain slashed at his eyes and slapped his windbreaker against his skin. "
― Shelley Noble , Breakwater Bay
2 " He stopped trying to save himself and let the breakwater draw the boat in. He knew just when to stick out the oar to keep from crashing. Held on with all his strength. The dinghy crunched as it hit, and he flung the rope over the spike his dad had hammered into the rock years before. "
3 " anyway. "
4 " She looked at him and he realized how long it "
5 " Now I know how Michelangelo felt. Only he ended up with the Sistine Chapel and I got a sooty ceiling in a minor mansion with two hundred plus chips from twenty layers of ancient paint in various hues of ick. "
6 " Well, I did turn thirty today somewhere between layer four—baby poop brown—and layer three—seventies kitchen green. "
7 " Laughter was too close to tears. "