Why We Broke Up Sadness Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #4

And my umbrella, lost that day, where is it? I know I had it that morning. Give it back, Ed, if you have it, I'm lost without it on rainy days, although it's December now, so it's they say snow, and an umbrella in a snowstorm is ridiculous, a seat belt if you're not in a car, a helmet if you're not on a bike, like a fish needs a bicycle or however they say it, like coffee needs to be black, like a virgin needs a boyfriend. So many things I'll never get back. (21.1)

Another regret? Losing her umbrella and her virginity. Same diff.

Quote #5

But everything else is gone. I mean, I love you is gone, and your dance upon the stage, and all the perfection for the party. Even the party would have been gone, had we ever had it." (23.68)

Eat your heart out, Lifetime movies—it doesn't get much more maudlin then this.

Quote #6

But these are here, Ed. Look at them, weighty now and heavy-making on the heart when I open the tin and rattle them in my hands sore from writing you. They've been made indelible, Ed, because everything else has vanished, so you take them now. Maybe if you're the one keeping them, I'll be the one feeling better. (23.69)

Min's not feeling better… yet. But it looks like her plan to dump the breakup box on Ed's doorstep has helped Min see that she'll feel better eventually. Little victories, yo.