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You don’t break up with someone just because of an argument, Josh. At least, I don’t.

Barry Lyga

At the end of the day, it’s a series of individual challenges played out against a team defense. It’s a psersonal test every time I step into the batter’s box: Can I do better than the last time? And that’s why I love it.
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Challenges Day End Team
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
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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Energy Labels Useless
You don’t swing at any pitch. You swing at the ones you can hit.
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One Swings Hit
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
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
And I think of nothing. I think of nothing but Rachel. What happens next is pure magic, and is for us and us alone.
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Alone Happen Magic Next Thinking
I just have an allergic reaction to lung cancer. Gives me tumors.
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Cancer Giving Reactions
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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Bridge Dad Worry
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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Every Needs Rely Single Time
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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Aside Future Look Looks Past Push
It’s not an easy choice, but that’s OK. Easy doesn’t equal good. Difficulty doesn’t equal bad. It’s just life, is all.
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Choices Easy Life
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
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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Forget Forgiving Mean
Anger 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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Air Bleed Day Hatred Over Time Years
The best revenge is living well, my dad told me once.
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Dad Live Revenge Well

You don’t break up with someone just because of an argument, Josh. At least, I don’t.

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