How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Stronger recognition briefly tickled the back of his mind—a flutter of wings in a dark corner, unseen but there all the same. It lasted only an instant before vanishing into the abyss of his other captured memories. But he had felt something. (28.64)
Ever have that happen to you? Like when you're meeting someone for the second time and for the life of you, you cannot remember their name? But it's sitting right there, on the tip of your tongue… oh dang it. Nope. Who are you?
Quote #8
Thomas felt a trickle of doubt that life was so great back home—what kind of world allowed people to make kids live like this? The thought surprised him, as if its source had been founded in actual memory, a wisp of light in the darkness of his mind. But it was already gone. (32.18)
How much of his other thoughts must be formulated based on these wisps of memory? Like his feeling that the Glade is a prison—was that based on something he used to know, or just an assumption? Hmmm…
Quote #9
"You mean… you remember me?" he asked, embarrassed at the squeak that escaped on the last word. […] "I remember remembering," she muttered, sitting down with a heavy sigh; she pulled up her legs to wrap her arms around her knees. "Feelings. Emotions. Like I have all these shelves in my head, labeled for memories and faces, but they're empty. As if everything before this is just on the other side of a white curtain." (36.8)
It's funny—Thomas describes remembering things and places, and Teresa remembers feelings and emotions. Linda Richman thinks you should discuss it amongst yourselves.