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Quote #10
Some time in the future, she thought, she would look at them and remember what would soon, she knew now, seem like a strange, hazy dream to her. (4.366)
Ultimately, Eilis lets go of her experiences in Ireland (and her brief romance with Jim Farrell) because she knows that it's not the direction she wants her life to go in. That doesn't mean she'll necessarily look back with regret—instead, she'll treasure the memories on their own merit.