Some of this is rather along the cliche' line, maybe that's why I thought the book was just OK, but still they struck me as something to ponder. I'll probably read this later and wonder what I was thinking. Here I go:
it was important just to have that little piece of something that reminded you of some place or someone you loved. Loc. 299
she felt a longing to be free of the sadness that dogged her like a sand fly. Loc.464
but every once in a while, when she saw her mother staring out a window or holding a forgotten cup of coffee until it got cold, she pictured the girl with dreams of being an artist carefully hidden inside the face of a woman who chose to paint the colors of her walls beige. Loc.535
Sometimes, just when we think we can see our lives on course and we can settle back and get comfortable, a new path opens. Some people just keep going, too scared to veer off the familiar path. But others, well, they step off into the unknown, and find that maybe that was where they were supposed to be all along. Loc. 546
Maybe that's why there's this distance between us. You were going to leave me eventually, and I didn't want it to hurt too much. Loc. 551
Life should be a question, Emmy, and you're way too young to think you've already found all the answers. Loc. 561
You can choose to unpack your bags at the detour sign and dig a trench for the long haul, or you can make you own detour. Loc.597
"Because you're the me I never let myself be." She shrugged. "I've never known how to love you, Emmy. You've always been so damned independent. Maybe I've finally figured out that to love you means letting you go." Loc. 603
We had the same eyes, you see. So whenever I look in the mirror, I'm reminded of her. Loc. 768
The squeezing pain around Emmy's heart surprised her, as if to remind her that broken hearts were ageless and not her private domain. Loc.1808
She creates such beauty, as I think only those who've known great sadness can do. Loc.1929
It reminded Emmy that Lulu had once been young, too, before the hurts and disappointments of growing up had found her. Loc. 1972
They turned at the sound of a sharp cry behind them, and for a moment, they watched a gull circling something still and dark in the sand, flying down to peck at it before swooping up with a cry into the air again. It reminded Emmy of her grief, of the way she continued to live and breathe and eat, but every so often she would return to the dark speck inside, and renew her sorrow. Loc. 2254
There're always surprises to find here in the sand. When I was a boy, my mother told me that what you found on the beach was just reminders that we're not alone in the world. That you'll always find what you need if you look hard enough. Loc. 2267
Some people are like that, you know: they just fall apart at the first hurdle instead of looking for ways to go around it. Loc. 2808
Maybe it's time for you to become somebody different from who you were before. Loc. 4095
reminding her how permanent the bond of a promise made could be: as delicate as a spiderweb, but just as impossible to extricate yourself once the words were spoken. Loc.5097
love doesn't have a time span. Only pain does. I think sometimes it's hard to distinguish between the two, so we just hold on to both of them like they're inseparable. Loc. 5607
if you don't give up, you can make things happen. Loc. 5668
