How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
What made losing someone you loved bearable was not remembering but forgetting. Forgetting small things first, the smell of the soap her mother had bathed with, the color of the dress she'd worn to church, then after a while the sound of her mother's voice, the color of her hair. It amazed Rachel how much you could forget, and everything you forgot made that person less alive inside you until you could finally endure it. (3.60)
As Rachel thinks about her parents, she realizes that the pain of losing them subsides as she forgets things about them. It's almost as if they're being erased.
Quote #5
And now this brown-eyed child. Don't love it, Rachel told herself. Don't love anything that can be taken away. (3.61)
Rachel thinks about her baby and decides she won't love it because then she won't get hurt. Um, okay—good luck with that one. Even though this is just a defense mechanism, it also tells us a lot about the nature of love: It's something you can't always control.
Quote #6
"What you told Galloway is the truth," Pemberton said as they entered the camp. "If the bear had attacked you instead of me, I would have done the same for you."
"I know," Serena said, clasping Pemberton's hand tighter. "I've known it since the night we met." (6.84-85)
Guy meets girl. Guy marries girl. Girl kills bear for guy. Sounds romantic enough to us. Serena and Pemberton share something that only they truly understand. It's not the stuff of mushy love stories, but it is a passionate, deep type of love that is genuine. Or so it seems here, anyway…