“Cowardice is how you decide to be in real life”
“But I want to feel like life matters. Ihad something real with you, but then the realness scared me. I decided to go for other things instead.”
“When does a fake Mohawk become a real Mohawk? Who decides? How do you know if it's happened?”
“10% of life is made up of what happens to you.90% of life is decided by how you react.”
“Was it hard?” I ask.“Letting go?”“Not as hard as holding on to something thatwasn’t real.”I gulp. “Can I ask how you did it?”“I just decided, Ava.That’s all.I just decided.”
“Once you decide not to worry about that stuff anymore, dating and relationships and love and all that, it's like you're free to get on with real life.”