His dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Rosemary felt that this swim would become the typical one of her life, the one that would always pop up in her memory at the mention of swimming.

Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people's lives. Yet from this fog his affection emerged — the best contacts are when one knows the obstacles and still wants to preserve a relation.

It seemed that the only lover she had ever wanted was a lover in a dream.