“You are making it harder than it has to be," she says.I say, "And should I forgive him because it would be easier?""You don't nee a reason to forgive," she says. "If you want to go on with someone, that is what you do.”

“You don't need a reason to forgive... If you want to go on with someone, that is what you do. ”

“what if you could have all the wisdom of a lifetime and still look like you looked when you were twenty-five''or what?' I say.'what, what' she says.I say, 'I thought we were playing Would You Rather...?'She twists her head like a dog at a foghorn. 'Marla,' I say, 'you get the wisdom because you don't anymore look like you did when you were twenty-five.'She says, 'You don't understand the rules to this game.”

“I thought if you loved someone you were supposed to, like, forgive them. I thought that was what love was supposed to be all about."Cork shook his head: "Easy to say, harder to do.”

“What should I do?" I ask."You should have a really good excuse. And maybe you should cry -- girls do that, right? And possibly be gravely injured. If she has to fix you, she might go easier on you.”

“Only someone who can say 'I love you' is capable of saying 'I forgive you.”