You surround yourself with your pain or you avoid it and let it find you when you are trying to do other things

There was nothing new in sitting on this dock, on this or that wooden bench, watching for his boat to come. In some ways, she was always waiting for him.

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

Her body was a prison, her mind was a prison. Her memories were a prison. The people she loved. She couldn't get away from the hurt of them. She could leave Eric, walk out of her apartment, walk forever if she liked, but she couldn't escape what really hurt. Tonight even the sky felt like a prison.

My household is, in a nice way, very busy.

The present no matter what I brought couldn’t change the past. The Past was set and sealed.

I'm not going anywhere without you. We're swimming to China together. And if the worst happens, I'm dying with you before I'm living without you.