She had to have faith not just in trying but in failing. Was she strong enough to fail Was she strong enough not to

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

You carry your past with you even if you don't remember any of it.

One must have a good memory to keep the promises one has made.

She realized all at once the deeper thing that bothered her, the thing that made him not just irritating but intolerable: how he kept loving her blindly when she deserved it so little.

Polly was pretty good at dieting, all right, but she was beginning to wonder whether you ever lost the parts of your self that you wanted to lose.

Love who you love while you have them. That's all you can do. Let them go when you must. If you know how to love, you'll never run out.