“I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.”

“Maybe over time I'll forget the feel and smell and sound of him, the same way I am starting to forget Mom, but I'll never be able to forget that he should've been here.”

“A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.”

“But I'll tell you the same thing I tell my students when they complain about the depressing nature of American literature: life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly, like our marriage did, Pat. And literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for people to endure nobly.”

“All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.”

“I'll never forget you. I'll never forget your voice or your face or your dumb jokes. And i'll never forget your love.”