It's a scary thing; moving on. Part of me wishes life were more predictable and part of me is excited that it's not. I think it's impossible to tell the good things from the bad things while they're happening.
Chris CrutcherWe get crazy when we can't make things be like the world tells us they are". She looked back out the window. "It was that way for me and your brother, I think. I mean, how could I have loved him that last year? I didn't even know who he was. He was way more attracted to drugs and bikers and that whole lifestyle than he was to me. But somebody told me that if you really loved somebody,you stayed with him no matter what. You had to fight for him." She laughe. "Hell, I was convinced.
Chris CrutcherSo you didnโt tell me it was a messed-up idea to keep this all a secret because. . .โ โBecause experience is the only teacher,โ Hey-Soos says. โEven if I could have told you, it would have been a lecture. Why do you think kids donโt listen to their parents, or people donโt leave churches and do what the preacher tells them? Thereโs only one thing thatโs universal.โ โWhatโs that?โ โThe truth.
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