Megan McPeak answers “I remember being really blown away by the...”

Gita Arora asked this question about A Little Life:

I remember being really blown away by the quote that explains the title, but couldn't find it after within the massive 700 pages. Can anybody relate the context in which the title is explained in the book?

Megan McPeak “He had wanted to vanish, then, to close his eyes and reel back time, back to before he had ever met Caleb. He would have turned down Rhodes's invitat…more“He had wanted to vanish, then, to close his eyes and reel back time, back to before he had ever met Caleb. He would have turned down Rhodes's invitation; he would have kept living his little life; he would never have known the difference.”

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