“It was. It will never be again. Remember.”

“The pen will never be able to move fast enough to write down every word discovered in the space of memory. Some things have been lost forever, other things will perhaps be remembered again, and still other things have been lost and found and lost again. There is no way to be sure of any this.”

“There is no escape from this. Either you do or you don't. And ifyou do, you can't be sure of doing it the next time. And if you don't, you never will again.”

“Here I am of the air, a beautiful thing for the light to shine on. Perhaps you will remember that. I am...”

“and now we get to the hard part. the endings, the farewells, and the famous last words. if you don't hear from me often, remember that you're in my thoughts.”

“It's June second, he told himself. Try to remember that. This is New York, and tomorrow will be June third. If all goes well, the following day will be the fourth. But nothing is certain.”

“Something happens, Blue thinks, and then it goes on happening forever. It can never be changed, can never be otherwise.”