“Childhood was the past. It couldn't be changed, only remembered.”
“You couldn't change the past. You could only go forward”
“I couldn't dream of a future, I couldn't reliably remember my past.”
“Tibby, who was not fond of change, had once told Bridget that the present, no matter what it brought, couldn't change the past. The past was set and sealed.”
“You couldn't erase the past. You couldn't even change it. But sometimes life offered you the opportunity to put it right.”
“Why couldn't Sam really be a boy my age, with no more experience than I had? No past lives, past loves.Why couldn't he be only for me?”