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“There is no fate but what we make.” “Are you quoting Terminator?” “I never claimed to be deep, just to have fantastic taste.”
“But what about fate?” “What about it?” She patted me on the hand. “Just do your best, dear. That’s all any of us can do.
when Lars called out from the other end of the table, “Susie, you ready to swap?”
“I’m not sure my brother believes in growth. Pretty sure he emerged from our mother’s womb fully formed and ready to work hard and succeed,” said Tore. “He tends to be set in his ways and ideas. How everyone fits into his life.”
“Thanks,” he said drily. “Of course, it should have been my brother.”
I know I need to root for Lars… but I just met Tore and I love him.
“Did you know that there are three types of friends according to Aristotle?” I asked. Just making conversation. “Friendships of utility, friendships of pleasure, and friendships of the good.”
“Utility is when you’re useful to each other. Say, a neighbor or a coworker or a client. While friendships of pleasure are when you enjoy each other’s company. Like you and your hiking buddies, for example. You enjoy doing certain activities together,” I explained. “Whereas friendships of good are based on mutual respect and admiration. Shared virtues and goals. You may not have many actual interests in common, but these people are your closest friends just the same. Isn’t that interesting?”
“You’re enjoying this way too much. Isn’t there something about me that distracts you?” And the man totally flexed his deltoids and biceps. What a show pony.
I liked to be liked. It was a failing of mine; being a people pleaser sucked. But at some stage, you have to accept that for some people you are never going to be enough. No matter what you do.
His tongue played behind his cheek. “I feel like I should offer to go punch someone for you. Not sure if that’s a suitable response, though.” “Oh, that’s sweet. It means a lot to me that you’d be willing to fly to Florida and assault my father. But it’s really not required.”
“I believe that great things lie ahead for all of us,” she said. “If we learn the lessons we need to and grow as we go through life.”
“No one will hire me ever again,” I said morosely. “I’ll be the cat-pee lady. That’s what they’ll call me.”
What did you say to someone who just discovered their best friend was a little bitch?
Then be prepared to choose each other and keep choosing each other. Every day, week, month, and year for the rest of your life. It’s just that simple and that hard.”
Tore smiled. “You’re worried about my thirty-five-year-old big brother being by his lonesome?” “Between you and me,” said Lars. “I’m kind of looking forward to it. Especially after the last few minutes.”
Dr. Lopez slipped her hands into the pockets of her lab coat. “Can I just clarify your relationship to Lars?” “She’s my sig...my signif... She’s my other.” Lars nodded. “I, ah, I love...her and yeah.”
“It’ll take more than a hatchback to end me.” “That’s very manly of you,” said Cleo.
“What we really need is a physicist to explain holes in time. How the certificate could have come to be in the wall.” I thought it over. “Do you think I should get a priest to bless the house? Or a mystic, maybe?”
“I love how science, religion, and magic all kind of happily coexist for you.”
Moving right along. What’s one thing about yourself that no one else knows?” “I don’t know. Probably that I let you harass me.”
“Come on, Lars, what makes you happy?” “Well, I thought being with you made me happy,” he said. “But then you kept asking me all these damn questions.”
“You’re taking that horrible girl’s side against ours?” “Be careful what you say,” said Deborah. “You’re talking about a member of my family.”
