All That We Are Quotes

“Let it go, Em. Now relax. Close your eyes. Picture his face,” Liddy instructed. When Emma’s eyes were closed, Liddy asked, “Do you see Harry’s face?” Emma nodded. “I want you to take a black Sharpie—the one with the wide tip?—and draw a fat ugly mustache right there under his nose.” Emma laughed. “Done. Oh, it’s not a good look for him. Actually, he looks a little like a porn star.” “Now put a big X right over his face.” She paused. “Are you drawing an X, Em?” “I did.” “Now take that picture, rip it into tiny pieces, and toss it into the harbor. He has no meaning in your life now.” Em tossed her hands up, as if tossing confetti. “There. He’s gone.” “Good for you. You know, you keep an eye on the past, it will never be behind you. You’ll never move forward. And forward is where it’s at.”
― Mariah Stewart, All That We Are