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21 " But being able to buy anything put a spotlight on the things that couldn't be bought (lost friendship, lost love,lost time), human nature being prone to focus on what was lacking. "
― Margarita Montimore , Oona Out of Order
22 " Her next leap would always hover over the horizon waiting to wisp her away. In some cases waiting to grant a wish from years ago. "
23 " The mirror exposed time’s passage, yes, but eclipsed her heart’s true mileage. The lined face, the extra pounds, the hair chemically treated to hide its gray. Each year the body was hers, but her mind was out of sync with her reflection "
24 " Oona was still learning, everytime she leaped no matter the year someone important would be absent from life. "
25 " She often teased Oona about taking things too seriously, whether it was her college courses or band practice, or even her relationship with Dale, urging her daughter to be young and frivolous once in a while. As if you couldn’t be serious about something and still enjoy it. As if being young meant being foolish. "
26 " The mirror exposed time’s passage, yes, but eclipsed her heart’s true mileage. The lined face, the extra pounds, the hair chemically treated to hide its gray. Each year the body was hers, but her mind was out of sync with her reflection. Always playing catch-up, trying to rearrange the scrambled pieces of her life. It "
27 " Mama used to say what you dislike in other people is really what you dislike in yourself. "
28 " You weren't adding chaos to my life. You were adding color. "
29 " A black, hissing voice in her head: How many mistakes can you live with? "
30 " He chuckled. “Probably "
31 " There would be bad days, there always would. But she’d collect these good days, each one illuminated, and string them together until they glowed brightly in her memory like Christmas lights in a mirrored room. "
32 " You’re not Sarah Connor, and the Terminator is now governor of California "
33 " So ordinary people act like they're famous? "
34 " I was raised not to express emotional problems. Do you know there isn’t even a Korean word for depression? The closest thing is a phrase that translates as having a down heart. "
35 " panko fried chicken and truffle mac and cheese with soppressata. "
36 " tchotchke "
37 " Time heals all. But what if time itself is the disease? —Wim Wenders and Peter Handke, Wings of Desire "