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.
BARRY LYGAAnger and hatred, when left unfed, bleed away like air from a punctured tire, over time and days and years. Forgiveness is stealth.
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Jazz hadn’t given her many details of exactly what life in the Dent house had been like, but he’d told her enough that she knew it wasn’t hearts and flowers. Well, except for the occasional heart cut from a chest. And the kind of flowers you send to funerals.
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Yes, pain meant life. But the symmetric property did not apply; Life did not mean pain.
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Anger was a waste of time and energy. Anger was useless.”Anger” was the label given to the emotion that accomplished nothing.
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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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See, forgiveness doesn’t happen all at once. It’s not an event – it’s a process.
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Look, my dad has a saying – we’ll burn that bridge when get to it. OK? You get it? Worry about tomorrow, tomorrow.
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You can’t rely on love. Love will let you down every time. Every. Single. Time. I don’t love Jecca. I don’t love Fanboy. But… God, the buts in life will kill you absolutely every time, won’t they. I don’t love. But I need. I can admit that to myself.
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I just have an allergic reaction to lung cancer. Gives me tumors.
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You don’t swing at any pitch. You swing at the ones you can hit.
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You don’t break up with someone just because of an argument, Josh. At least, I don’t.
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Josh Mendel has a secret. Unfortunately, everyone knows what it is.
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Medicine cabinets are dangerous. Those doors, man. They’ll just spring on you like a ninja.
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The best revenge is living well, my dad told me once.
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Maybe Rachel was right all along. Maybe the past is past, history is history, and you just push it aside and look for the future.
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One time you told me that the opposite of love isn’t hate. And I didn’t understand that, but I think I do know. Because if you hate someone, you most still care, right? You have to care a little bit; otherwise you would just ignore them and forget they even live. Or lived.
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