He didn't seem to realize that three excuses was as good as no excuse.

When you remembered to forget, you were remembering. It was when you forgot to forget that you forgot.

He's had a lot of chances to care, and he hasn't.

some people fall in love over and over again while some people can only do it once.

Lena always described how she dreaded and mourned things before they even happened. Carmen was beginning to suspect that she was permitting herself to mourn this long separation only now that it was over.

She used to cry roughly three times a year. Now she seemed to cry three times before breakfast. Could that be considered progress?

No matter how far back you cut a willow tree, it will never really die.