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We humans have the capacity to wreak horrors on each other. But we also have the capacity to survive those horrors.

Barry Lyga

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

Break Josh Someone The Argument
The best revenge is living well, my dad told me once.
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Dad Live Revenge Well
See, forgiveness doesn’t happen all at once. It’s not an event – it’s a process.
BARRY LYGA

Events Forgiveness Process
And I think of nothing. I think of nothing but Rachel. What happens next is pure magic, and is for us and us alone.
BARRY LYGA

Alone Happen Magic Next 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
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
I’m a complicated man, with complicated taste buds.
BARRY LYGA

Buds Complicated Men Taste
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.
BARRY LYGA

Hips More Sake Street Teach Urban
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
Homecoming’s stupid.” And it is. Buch of kids looking for excuses to grope eachother all night.
BARRY LYGA

Kids Night Stupid
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.
BARRY LYGA

Every Needs Rely Single Time
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!
BARRY LYGA

Expression Phones Thinking
(Man, I wish life had emoticons, you know? So that when your dad pisses you off you could like click a mental button or something and just show him one of those rolleyes. That would rock) Anyway.
BARRY LYGA

Dad Men Rocks
And what? Accidentally cuts off three fingers postmortem? ‘Oops, oh, no, my girlfriend just died! Clumsy me, in trying to perform CPR, I chopped off some fingers! Guess I’ll just take them with me…. Oh, darn, where did that middle finger go?
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Accident Cutting Girlfriend Postmortem Solve Try
I don’t know and I don’t care anymore. I was supposed to have my way for once, just once in my life. I did everything right and I got nothing for it. I want to kill them all. no, better yet, I want to die. No, even bettter than that: I want to kill them all then die.
BARRY LYGA

Care Want Way
You don’t swing at any pitch. You swing at the ones you can hit.
BARRY LYGA

One Swings Hit

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