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1 " Who knows until we experience it? I think that heaven and reincarnation are both ways of making us feel better about what happens to people's souls after death. I hope at least one of them is true. "
― Cat Patrick , Forgotten
2 " Nothing fixes a thing so intently in the memory as the wish to forget it "
3 " The boy in the closet is your boyfriend. He loves you and will tell you all about last night. "
4 " For me, reading is remembering. "
5 " Tears upon tears splat on to the lined pages in my hands as I read about a nightmare come true. Quickly, I wipe away the saltwater so it won't fade the ink. Because even as my chest caves in and makes me hate the chipper birds and everything else, I know that I needed to read this today, and I need to read it again tomorrow.For me, reading is remembering. "
6 " The simplicity of knowing what’s coming isn’t so simple after all. "
7 " Funny how possibility can lift you. Funny how reality can slam you down. "
8 " I think it’s just the whole package. I can’t pick you apart. I just love all of you. I think I always have. "
9 " I can’t stay away from you,” he whispers...“Don’t stay away from me, then,” I whisper back... "
10 " Okay, fine, we were married elsetime. Anyway, we died of whatever you die from, let’s say natural causes. But we were in love, so our souls keep finding each other in whatever forms our bodies take. "
11 " The boy in the closet is your boyfriend. He loves you and will tell you all about last night.” “Cute,” I say, feeling my eyelids droop and sleep approach. “Don’t forget to tell me about the last hour in the closet.” “I’ll re-create it for you tomorrow,” Luke says... "
12 " Tomorrow is Monday so it must be the weekend "
13 " Luke and I stay nestled together until he nudges me. We’d better get going, he says gently.I guess I dozed off. I’m not letting you fall asleep without a note again. Why not? I ask, stretching. I kiss him on the cheek and add, with a sly smile, you don’t have to worry, Luke. I’ll remember you in the morning. "
14 " ....LondonLane: I’m sure I don’t remember everything. I remember the future the way you remember the past. You remember the really good and bad and forget some of the middle, right? LJH6678: Sure. LondonLane: Same with me. Why? LJH6678: Do you remember us having sex?...LJH6678: Well? LondonLane: Truth? LJH6678: YES! LondonLane: Yes.....Luke learned that he’s going to die young today and all he wants to ask me about is sex? "
15 " Trying not to think about it is only making it worse. "
16 " When I finally accept it, the truth stings. But there's no time to dwell on it, and there are only two choices: I can remind myself about someone who is not a part of my life, or I can leave him out of my notes to save myself from going through this all over again tomorrow. "
17 " There was an awkward silenceUntil I throw a rock at it "
18 " Jo Lane had in fact lived there for five years until she moved on. “Where did she go?” I asked innocently, not getting it. “I’m so sorry to be the one telling you this, but Jo passed last winter,” the young nurse said. “She died,” she added, probably because of my dazed look. "
19 " My heart leaps as I remember this morning's note. This boy is my weirdo. My weirdo is hot. "
20 " Para mí, leer es recordar. "
