How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
The trouble is I can hardly remember what [Mona] looks like, nor even how it feels to have my arms around her. Everything that belongs to the past seems to have fallen into the sea (1.135)
This is depressing, don't you think? That said, maybe his problem is that he has been with so many women that it's all become one big blur. We don't know exactly how much time has passed since he saw his wife, but he seems to have no connection to her—or to the past—at all.