“If you didn't remember something happening, was it because it never had happened? Or because you wished it hadn't?”

“I must stop wishing for things to happen. Because something will happen eventually, and when it does, I'll be bound to wish it hadn't.”

“I wish it had never happened because then I wouldn't think about it as I'm falling asleep.”

“What I've learned, Mia, and what my grandmother always said, is that the whole point is wishing and remembering - not if what you want happens, not if remembering hurts. Because when you wish for something, you're asking. And when you ask, you're trying. And all everyone can really do is try, right?”

“Something will happen eventually, and when it does, I'll be bound to wish it hadn't”

“If it hadn't been for Prosper, he might never have learned how to love at all. Because the ability to become attached to people was something that you had to exercise at an early age, if you didn't want to lose it altogether.”