How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"You were supposed to…" He paused, and when he spoke again his voice was gruff. "You were supposed to forget your life here." (3.67)
Cole tells Nikki that she wasn't supposed to remember her life on the Surface after the Feed. In theory, this would've made it easier for him to convince her to become an Everliving with him, since she wouldn't have any memories tempting her to Return to the Surface. But that's not how things went, since Nikki's memory of Jack's face stayed with her the whole time.
Quote #2
"He never got over you."
I craved those words, and yet dreaded them at the same time. Could he still love me, despite what he did in the past? (15.26-27)
Jules fills Nikki in on what had happened while she was gone, including Jack's obsessive downward spiral about her disappearance. To Jules, this is a painful memory, but to Nikki, it's a sign of hope. Despite the bad stuff that went down between Nikki and Jack right before the Feed, maybe there's a chance that he still cares for her.
Quote #3
I closed my eyes, as if my eyelids were the levels of a printing press, etching the fibers into my mind. Memories were outside Cole's reach. As long as I held them, memories were mine and mine alone. (15.67)
This moment happens right when Nikki admits to Jack that she does remember him, and they have a conversation about what she remembers. She plans to file it away under happy memories, unlike all the other bad memories she has. And when Nikki inevitably goes to the Tunnels, she can recall this memory and draw joy from it. Don't we all do this to some degree?