The Usual Rules Memory and the Past Quotes

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Quote #10

One more thing remained in the box. It was in an envelope. She opened it very slowly, undoing the top instead of ripping the paper, picturing her mother sealing it up all those months before. After this one last gift from her mother, there would be no more, ever. (34.35)

Wendy waits for a long time to open the gifts from her mother that Josh sends her in the mail. After this, her mom will never give her a gift again, so these are the last memories of opening a gift from Janet that Wendy will ever have. Understandably, she savors this moment.