You ask everybody you know: How long does it usually take to get over it? There are many formulas. One year for every year you dated. Two years for every year you dated. It's just a matter of will power: The day you decide it's over, it's over. You never get over it.
Junot DiazYou try every trick in the book to keep her. You write her letters. You quote Neruda. You cancel your Facebook. You give her the passwords to all your e-mail accounts. Because you know in your lying cheaterโs heart that sometimes a start is all we ever get.
Junot DiazIf we do not begin to practice the muscles of having a possessive investment in each other's oppressions, then we are in some serious trouble.
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