 | If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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They say it's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
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That thought wouldn't be very comforting to Mike Sanders. He had just been dumped by his girlfriend. Of course, she didn't put it quite that way. She said, "I do care about you, Mike, and I hope we can still be friends."
Great
, Mike thought.
Still be friends. You, me and your new boyfriend will go to the movies together
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Mike and Angie had been going together since they were freshmen. But over the summer, she had met someone else. Now as he entered his senior year, Mike was alone. For three years they shared the same friends and favorite hang-outs. The thought of returning to those surroundings without Angie made him feelwell, empty.
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Football practice usually helped him take his mind off his troubles. Coaches have a way of running you until you are so tired, you can't really think of anything else.
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