“She'd fallen into the best part of her past.”
“She existed in her friends; there she was. All the parts of herself she'd forgotten. She knew herself best when she was with them.”
“But quitting didn't change what she'd already done. The piece of her past that she'd never be able to outrun.”
“The faint bruise on the side of her cheek had paled to a sickly yellow.Imagine that. She'd fallen in the shower. Again.Just ask Daddy.”
“If she'd been lame or a hunchback I'd have probably fallen in love with her even more... Yes, it was a sort of spring fever.”
“Lena remembered herself in all the old familiar things they said. She existed in her friends; there she was. All the parts of herself she'd forgotten. She knew herself best when she was with them.”