“You kneel beside her, breathing the familiar smell of Sasha's sleep, whispering into her ear some mix of
I'm sorry and
I will never leave you, I'll be curled around your heart for the rest of your life, until the water pressing my shoulders and chest crushes me awake and I hear Sasha screaming into my face:
Fight! Fight! Fight!”
―
Jennifer Egan,
A Visit from the Goon Squad
