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" Jana stares at him for a moment then abruptly turns to me. “It’s so weird bumping into you, Chloe—​I was just thinking about you on the way here, about how I needed to ask you for notes from Monday’s history class. And here you are!”

“Don’t say it’s an amazing coincidence,” David says. “Just don’t.”

“What’s wrong with saying that? It is! I mean, what are the odds?”

“On any given day, you probably think of dozens of different people at various times. But the only time anyone ever remembers thinking about someone is when they run into that person. It’s not coincidence—​it’s selective memory.”

“Whatever,” she says, rolling her eyes. “You do you, David.”

“I always do,” he says calmly. "

Claire LaZebnik , Things I Should Have Known


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Claire LaZebnik quote : Jana stares at him for a moment then abruptly turns to me. “It’s so weird bumping into you, Chloe—​I was just thinking about you on the way here, about how I needed to ask you for notes from Monday’s history class. And here you are!”<br /><br />“Don’t say it’s an amazing coincidence,” David says. “Just don’t.”<br /><br />“What’s wrong with saying that? It is! I mean, what are the odds?”<br /><br />“On any given day, you probably think of dozens of different people at various times. But the only time anyone ever remembers thinking about someone is when they run into that person. It’s not coincidence—​it’s selective memory.”<br /><br />“Whatever,” she says, rolling her eyes. “You do you, David.”<br /><br />“I always do,” he says calmly.