Jennifer had never liked the pain of remembering what had happened, but for Theo it was the pain that kept Laura alive in his memory. He was afraid that if it ever began to heal she would disappear.

In the end, it is my belief, words are the only things that can construct a world that makes sense.

What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally did get it right? Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance.

I think about death a lot, I really do, because I can't believe I won't exist. It's the ego isn't it? I feel that I should retreat into a better form of Zen Buddhism than this kind of ego-dominated thing. But I don't know, I mean, I want to come back as a tree but I suspect that it's just not going to happen, is it?

She was a terrible mother, there was no doubt about it, but she didn't even have the strength to feel guilty.

Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.