“Forgetting’s not something you do, it happens to you. Only it didn’t happen to me.”
“It was possible that a miracle was not something that happened to you, but rather something that didn’t. ”
“This just didn’t happen to girls like me. This just didn’t happen to anyone.”
“But forgetting's not something you do, it happens to you.”
“...science fiction is something that could happen - but usually you wouldn't want it to. Fantasy is something that couldn't happen - though often you only wish that it could.”
“Do you ever get the feeling that something awful might happen?' James asked me. . . I sat up. 'I'm the awful thing that happens.”