How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Erik can't laugh this off. Erik can't leave this humiliation behind him. (2.6.44)
Erik is the opposite of Paul. It's not that he can't remember—it's that he refuses to forget. So amnesia might be back, but so is holding a grudge.
Quote #8
Did [Betty Bright] mind this painful memory being plastered across the front page of the newspaper? Did she mind having to relive that punch in the eye? (2.19.5)
This is kind of Paul. But we suspect that he's really thinking about his own situation. Does he really want to relive his 'own punch in the eye?'
Quote #9
Somewhere around that time, so they say, there was an eclipse of the sun. I didn't remember that. But I remembered all the rest. (3.9.90)
Check out the "so they say." That tells you all you need to right there: Paul doesn't believe it. He's going along with the story, but he knows perfectly well that there's more to it.