So 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.
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 CrutcherLove, in the universal sense, is unconditional acceptance. In the individual sense, the one-on-one sense, try this: we can say we love each other if my life is better because you're in it and your life is better because I'm in it. The intensity of the love is weighted by how much better.
Chris Crutcher...we can say we love each other if my life is better because you're in it and your life is better because I'm in it.
Chris Crutcher