“For someone who can’t remember very much, there seems to be a lot I can’t forget.”

“You can’t undo something that’s happened; you can’t take back a word that’s already been said out loud.”

“if there isn’t a them, there can’t be an us.”

“Iknew that all the attributes he was teased for, at age five, were going to work in his favor by thetime he was thirty-five…but I couldn’t get him there overnight. You can’t fast-forward your child’slife, no matter how much you want to.”

“I never said I do not remember, my grandmother corrects. I said I prefer to forget.”

“The mind is a remarcable thing. Just because you can’t see the wound doesn’t mean it isn’t hurting”

“You don’t have to say I love you to say I love you,” you said with a shrug. “All you have to do is say my name and I know.”“How?”When I looked down at you, I was struck by how much of myself I could see in the shape of your eyes, in the light of your smile. “Sa Cassidy,” you instructed.“Cassidy.”“Say…Ursula.”“Ursula,” I parroted.“Now….,” and you pointed to your own chest.“Willow.”“Can’t you hear it?” you said. ” When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it’s safe inside your mouth.”