"About your son, she seemed to be saying: Just put your hand here. I'm scared, too. We're all scared. You're not the only one." (pg. 201)"

"Past is past... no it's not! People are always fond of saying that, but what's past is never past; not entirely."

"Smells could bring a person back clearer than pictures even could."

"Ghosts... they are the completions of the deads intended gestures, there unfinished plans still hanging in the air - something like when you forgot one thing and so you pantomime the motion."

"Face it,' I said. 'There is no true life. Your true life is the one you end up with, whatever it may be. You just do the best you can with what you've got,' I said."