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

And I think of nothing. I think of nothing but Rachel. What happens next is pure magic, and is for us and us alone.

Anger was a waste of time and energy. Anger was useless."Anger" was the label given to the emotion that accomplished nothing.

[She] was made up of skin and bones and hate and crazy, and hate and crazy don't weigh anything.

And my parents made me want i am. So what? We get stuff from our parents, but we also get stuff from the world around us. From people around us. And at the end of the day, we're us.

Cars are little privacy cocoons that we take with us. If you could refuel while driving you could, theoretically, stay moving forever.

. . . 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.