“I allowed myself to suffer how jarringly destructive the present feels and how fragile the past.”

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

“I'm afraid of time. I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be understood myself.”

“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.”

“Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.”

“Everyone is fragile. Everything beautiful is fragile”

“I feel like I should love them right away. But how do you do that? You can't make yourself love someone, can you?”