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Going Too Far

Jennifer Echols

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“Your lot in life? A lot is something you draw, like straws. It's chance. You didn't get this life by chance. You chose it on purpose. If you're dissatisfied from it, you can change it.”

“And the rest is happily ever After.”

“Waiter, this is not the policeman I ordered. I wanted one with a lot less sauce.”

“My knee radiated heat. As I watched him pull himself from the car and walk casually across the brightly lit parking lot, I thought dumb things. I will never wash my knee again. I will never wash these jeans again. I will cut the knee out of these jeans and sew a pillow to sleep on every night, just to have a molecule of him in my bed with me.”

“But you can’t live your life worried about dying all the time. If you do, you’re dead already.”

“You can't tell a seventeen-year-old anything. They think they're immortal. They don't listen. Seventeen-year-olds have to see it for themselves.”

“Consider yourself hugged. Virtual hug." I felt the virtual hug, warm and snug.”

“Officer After leaned across the seat toward me - which, under the circumstances, made me start back. 'I'm sorry I'm not allowed to beat the shit out of him for you.”

“Yeah, I understood that last night at the wreck. Nothing says I love you like a dead body.”

“I am full of fear.”

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