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I Smiled At Him, As Doyle Squeezed My Hand And I Squeezed Back. "some People Are Addicted To Falling In Love, Doctor. Some People Love That Rush Of New Emotions, And When That First Rush Of New Love Is Spent, They Move On To The Next, Thinking The Love Wasn't Real. What I Felt In Her, And Potentially In You, Is The Love Of Years. Love That Knows That That First Rush Of Freshness Isn't The Real Thing. It's The Tip Of The Iceberg.

You Will Never Lose Your Nerve. Your Life, Probably, But Never Your Nerve.

By 17, I Was Submitting To Publications And Collecting My First Rejection Slips.

She Stared Up At Me, And There Was Something In Her Eyes, Something That Said We Finally Had An Understanding. She Was Afraid Of Me, And Sometimes That’s The Best You Can Do With People. I’d Tried Kindness. I’d Tried Friendship. I’d Tried Respect. But When All Else Fails, Fear Will Do The Job.

-please, Anita, Go Home, And Don’t Freak. Just Go Home, And Be Happy. Be Happy, And Let Everyone Around You Be Happy. Is That So Hard? When Jason Said It Like That, It Didn’t Seem Hard. In Fact, It Seemed To Make A Lot Of Sense, But Inside, It Felt Hard. Inside It Felt Like The Hardest Thing In The World. To Just Let Go, And Not Pick Everything To Death. To Just Let Go And Enjoy What You Had. To Just Let Go And Not Make Everybody Around You Miserable With Your Own Internal Dialogue. To Just Let Go And Be Happy. So Simple. So Difficult. So Terrifying.