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Quote #7
I rue the day I walk into that store. If it wasn't for you and the children, my life would be betta. I would be doing the thing God put me on this earth to do. I don't want to hear nothing more ‘bout your dreams. Them not nothing compared to mine. (229)
Samuel blames his failure as an actor on his decision to marry Patricia and start a family, which is completely unfair. He couldn’t get work when he was couch-surfing with his friends before Patricia and Natasha joined him in the Big Apple either, and he’s the one who chose to stop going on auditions after he lost his job. P.S. This exchange is also the one Natasha overhears that torpedoes her relationship with her dad.
Quote #8
The sheer number of actions and reactions it's taken to form our solar system, our galaxy, our universe, is astonishing. The number of things that had to go exactly right is overwhelming.
Compared to that, what is falling in love? A series of small coincidences that we say means everything because we want to believe that our tiny lives matter on a galactic scale. But falling in love doesn't even begin to compare to the formation of the universe.
It's not even close. (203)
Considering the sheer number of coincidences and life-changing events that had to work together for Natasha and Daniel to meet, she might want to revisit this idea.
Quote #9
Things don't happen for a reason. They just happen. But here are some Observable Facts: If I hadn't been late to my appointment, I wouldn't have met Lester Barnes. And if he hadn't said the word irie, I wouldn't have had my meltdown. And if I hadn't had my meltdown, I wouldn't now have the name of a lawyer known as "the fixer" clutched in my hand.
I head out of the building past security. I have an irrational and totally unlike-me urge to thank that security guard—Irene—but she's a few feet away and busy fondling someone else's stuff. (34)
Natasha doesn’t even realize that today’s chain of events has barely begun. Also worth noting: She doesn’t thank Irene in this moment, but that “irrational and totally unlike-me urge” comes back later after her meeting with “the fixer” Attorney Fitzgerald, and that urge saves Irene’s life. In turn, Irene sets off the chain of events that leads Natasha back to Daniel a decade later.