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Memories stick to things. Out of nowhere, something finds your nose, ears, or eyes, and you’re on the other side of the country or world in a whole other decade, being kissed by a doe-eyed beauty or punched by a drunken pal. You’ve got no control over it, none at all. P. 105

Problem was, whenever I locked eyes with an animal I felt something more soulful than I ever felt from the humans I knew, and what I saw in that sprawled giraffe’s eye made me ache to the bone.” p.8-9

“That’s the fundamental tension of parent and child.” You can’t wait for them to stop being so needy every second, and then they stop needing you every second, and it feels like a stake to the heart.” p. 33-34

I cannot continue this book! Not finishing it!