“Forget the names because names lie but remember me because when you look at me I remember myself.Remember me because I will never forget you.”

“If this were a war year, if this were 1918 or 1944, I wouldn't be the only girl whose dad was never coming home. Think of that: a whole generation of us, daughters and young wives, waiting for a car that will never roll into the driveway. Waiting for a door that will never open again.”

“I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.”

“And then I understood that the answer is yes, yes yes: I care because I want you to care about me. I care because I have become aware of my absolute dependency upon you, whoever you are, for the outcome of my social, my democratic experience.”

“I remember you. You were like burning firelight in that cave, all shimmery, dancing color." I lean closer over the island, mesmerized by his words, his hand on my face. If he keeps talking this way, he's going to see me like that again. "Tell me you thought about me. That you think about me now." "I thought about you," I whisper, "I've never stopped thinking about you." Somehow I doubt I ever will.”

“Was it you that killed me, or did I kill you?" Abel answered. "I don't remember anymore; here we are, together, like before.""Now I know that you have truly forgiven me," Cain said, "because forgetting is forgiving. I, too, will try to forget.”

“Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.”