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Quote #1
Your eyes were flicking nervously all over the place, not always able to meet my gaze. That edginess made you seem shy, made me like you even more. But there was still something about you, hovering in my memory. (1.39)
Ever have that creepy experience of meeting someone and wondering if you know them from somewhere? Try having it happen with a guy who abducts you. We later find out that Gemma's eerie recognition of Ty is more than just déjà vu.
Quote #2
My cheek was burning up beneath your touch. My jaw was set hard as I looked back at you. But I did remember. And that made it worse. I remembered laughing as you tilted and angled something on my head. I remembered the clothes, your back. I remembered how badly I'd wanted to kiss you. I shut my eyes. (8.61)
Gemma's vague memories of acting complicit in Ty's plan to abduct her kind of seem like those of someone who partied a little too hard and then woke up the next morning regretting it. She wasn't expecting to get drugged, but imagine the horror of realizing she recalls bits of the incident that changed her life—and that she just went along with Ty's plan.
Quote #3
It was so big, that view. I'll never remember it perfectly. How can anyone remember something that big? I don't think people's brains are designed for memories like that. They're designed for things like phone numbers, or the color of someone's hair. Not hugeness. (13.7)
Gemma's thoughts on memory and the vastness of the landscape kind of sound related to her limited experience. Obviously the desert is Ty's home, so he might feel differently than she does in this passage, but as someone who has grown up in the city where huge landscapes aren't exactly a thing, it makes sense that her brain might not be ripe for processing it.