“It was odd how you could love something so much, but forget about it when it wasn’t right under your nose.”
“Yeah?” “I miss the way you taste.” She tried to sound bored. “It’s still Colgate.” “That’s not the taste I was talking about.”
“This sheriff goes into a saloon and says, “I’m lookin’ for a cowboy wearing a brown paper vest and brown paper pants.’ He waited a beat, making sure Sara was listening. ‘The bartender says, “What’s he wanted for?” And the sheriff says, “Rustling.”
“Okay. Good.’ He fumbled for his keys and held them out to her, but she did not take”
“As if they could understand what she had been through. As if they knew what it was like to be strong and invincible one day and completely powerless the next.”
“Whoa,” said Akimi. “Check out the statues. They’re hardly wearing any clothes.”
“I do not like to work with patients who are in love. Perhaps it is because of envy—I, too, crave enchantment. Perhaps it is because love and psychotherapy are fundamentally incompatible. The good therapist fights darkness and seeks illumination, while romantic love is sustained by mystery and crumbles upon inspection. I hate to be love’s executioner.”
“just need to pray.” “You don’t believe in God.” “Sometimes I do.” “What are you praying for?” Nothing can be done. Please don’t make me hope. “For forgiveness.” I”
“being needed was not the same as being accepted.”
“There comes a time when a man must stand up and do what he knows is Wrong.”
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