Find quotes from this novel, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Family Quotes
I love Thursday nights.They have a feel to them that's outside of time.It's our tradition, just the three of us—family night. (1.1-3)
Disappointment Quotes
Fifteen years ago [...] Daniela was a comer to Chicago's art scene. [...] Then came life. Me. Charlie. A bout of crippling postpartum depression (1.29)
Choices Quotes
"You could've won that prize," Daniela says."You could've owned this city's art scene.""But we did this." She gestures at the high-ceilinged expanse of our brownstone. (1 46-48)
Love Quotes
Her breath is wine-sweet, and she has one of those smiles that seems architecturally impossible. It still slays me. (1.22)
Versions of Reality Quotes
No, I remind myself, I'm hallucinating that I'm naked and strapped to a gurney. Because none of this is real. (2.45)
Science Quotes
I can't stop thinking.Formulating hypotheses and dismantling them.Struggling to wrap logic around everything that's happened. (3.267-269)
The Home Quotes
I turn the deadbolt.The door swings inward.Something is wrong.Very, very wrong. (3.5-8)
Identity Quotes
What if all the pieces of belief and memory that comprise who I am [...] are nothing but a tragic misfiring in that gray matter between my ears? (5.103)