[to Joe] I hate you. Honesty is important, so we'll start there. I hate you Joe Collie. I've hated you for years. And the things I've imagined doing to you? I want you to hurt. I want you to suffer. I want you to make those noises my dad made when he put his hand over the bullet hole in my spine. I want you to beg for forgiveness, so that I can tell you no. I want you to live in complete, absolute misery. So when I say this place is just like I pictured it, what I really mean is it's just like I hoped it would be.
I'm sorry...
Damn right, you're sorry! You stole from me. Not just who I was, but who I could've been. You stole from me things I didn't even have yet. You reached through time, Joe Collie! You reached through time and you stole. [pause] All of that is true. And all that is still in here, but that's not why I came here today. I came here today... I forgive you. I forgive you, Joe Collie. I forgive you and I see you now. I see you. And I'm still angry with you. But it's different. Even now just saying it, it's different. Do you want to know why it's different? Because the only thing standing between you and a better life is you. The only thing standing in my way was hate. The only thing standing in your way is you. "Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty. And he who rules his spirit, than he who takes the city." That's Proverbs 16:32, Joe. Do you know what Proverbs means? What the Book of Proverbs is? It means wisdom. Wisdom and knowledge. So if God can forgive you -- and He says He can, all over the place, He says it -- then I can forgive you. And if I can forgive you, Joe Collie, then anyone can.
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