Exactly! Quentin is always falling in love with the love of his life - but come the next storyline (or even the same storyline when it comes to his jump in 1897 from Beth to Amanda) he's moved on with seemingly no memory of the previous love of his life!!
Usually I remember these sorts of things, but for the life of me I don't even remember what that is exactly that he's holding - and I'm too lazy to go look it up...