Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from The Truth About Forever.
Rules and Order Quotes
It took a lot of work to be perfect. (1.8)
Identity Quotes
My dad died. And I was there. This was how people knew me. (1.36-37)
Language and Communication Quotes
This was our common ground, the secret we shared but never spoke aloud. (2.20)
Transformation Quotes
I already knew this was where they took people to tell them the really bad news: that their wait was over, their person was dead. In fact, I'd just watched another family make this progression, the...
Death Quotes
I'd long ago learned not to be picky in farewells. They weren't guaranteed or promised. (1.35)
Wisdom and Knowledge Quotes
"I don't understand it. Actually." […]"Look," he said, picking up his pen again. "It's not as complicated as you think." […] He started flipping pages in his book, still talking, and pointed ou...
Family Quotes
I should have been with him; she should have left him alone. Should, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense.But here in the present, my mother and I had no choice but to move ahead. (2.21)
Happiness Quotes
We parted our hair cleanly and stood up straight, greeting company—and the world—with the smiles we practiced in the quiet of our now-too-big house full of mirrors that showed the smiles back....