Quotes from book

My Name is Memory

“you remember what is lost, and you forget what's right in front of you.”

“She cared about him too much, and he was a dangerous person to love. He wouldn't love her back.”

“I did the searching and remembering, she did the disappearing and the forgetting.”

“She closed her eyes. "I didn't know that. i didn't know anything. It scares me the things I told myself. But I would have told myself almost anything, because I wanted to believe him."
"Why?"
"Because I wanted to be with you.”

“If you didn't have a choice, you had to make a choice. If you didn't have options, you made some. You couldn't just let this world happen to you… he didn't see eternity. He saw this girl and this moment and this one slim chance.”

“Every life I start with her, my original sin. I know myself through her.”

“Do you have any idea how much I've loved you?”

“I killed her once and died for her many times and I still have nothing to show for it. I always search for her; I always remember her. I carry the hope that someday she will remember me.”

“You hold on to old experiences: injuries, injustices, and great love affairs, too. And you hold them in your joints and your organs, and wear them on your skin.”

“How many times could you give up on someone you loved?”

“What if people knew they were recycled? Would that change anything?”

“A loving soul was always more beautiful over the long haul, but actual prettiness was fleeting.”

“Love demands everything, they say, but my love demands only this: that no matter what happens or how long it takes, you`ll keep faith in me, you`ll remember who we are, and you`ll never feel despair.”

“Love who you love while you have them. That's all you can do. Let them go when you must.”

“I always search for her; I always remember her. I carry the hope that someday she will remember me.”

“I want to go where you're going. I'm not scared of dying. I want to stay together and come back together. You said that souls cohere. I want to stay with you.”

“It was wrong. But it was worth it.”

“You have been with me from the very first life. You are my first memory every time, the single thread in all of my lives. It`s you who makes me a person.”

“Daniel?"
"Yes."
"Did you ever think we were meant not to be together?"
"No. We are meant to be together. We are just meant to want it very badly.”