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This is why I forgive, but I don’t forget. When you forget someone, the forgiveness doesn’t mean anything anymore.

Barry Lyga

A river of images and thoughts and feelings, dirtied and polluted so that no one could drink from it without gagging.
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Drink Feelings Rivers
Yes, pain meant life. But the symmetric property did not apply; Life did not mean pain.
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Mean Pain Property
You don’t break up with someone just because of an argument, Josh. At least, I don’t.
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Break Josh Someone The Argument
We humans have the capacity to wreak horrors on each other. But we also have the capacity to survive those horrors.
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Capacity Horror Humans
I suddenly realize that I’m naked, which shouldn’t bother me since it’s the phone, but for some reason it does. “How’s it hanging?” Kyra asks and now I think I’m blushing. It’s just an expression, but jeez!
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Expression Phones Thinking
Medicine cabinets are dangerous. Those doors, man. They’ll just spring on you like a ninja.
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Doors Men Ninja Spring
Yes,” Howie said solemnly. “I can teach you how to be more ‘street’”. “For God’s sake…” “Or is it ‘urban’? I can’t remember. Anyway, I can teach you, grasshopper. Or hip-hopper.
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Hips More Sake Street Teach Urban
The best revenge is living well, my dad told me once.
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Dad Live Revenge Well
You won’t even know you’ve crossed the line until it’s way back in your rearview mirror.
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Lines Mirrors Way
See, forgiveness doesn’t happen all at once. It’s not an event – it’s a process.
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Events Forgiveness Process
It’s a good day when a goddess gets on the school-bus with you.
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Day Goddess Good School
He moved to run a hand through her cornrows, then pulled back remembering the one time he’s tried that-Connie had lectured him on the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not touch thy black girlfriend’s hair. Ever.
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Girlfriend Hair Running
And it’s true. It’s so true. All those years of loving Zik because he never asked about Eve… I never realized, I never understood. It was his job as my best friend not to ask. But it was my job as his best friend to tell him without being asked.
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Best Friend Jobs Years
If I think she’ hot and it turns out she’s a psychopath, then what does that say about me? I’m totally not ready for that kind of therapy.
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Hot Ready Thinking Totally
It just means that if someone hates you, they still have feelings for you. If they really didn’t care about you, they’d just forget about you. They wouldn’t even waste the time hating you.
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Feelings Hate Mean
. . . but there’s a restraining order in place.’ She speaks slowly, choosing her words carefully. ‘I’m not supposed to be this close to you.’ You were never supposed to be this close to me,’ I say, and I have no idea why.
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Carefully Ideas Order Speak Suppose

This is why I forgive, but I don’t forget. When you forget someone, the forgiveness doesn’t mean anything anymore.

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