How can you forgive this guy for standing you up and not forgive me for this tiny little thing of putting you out of business

“You know, sometimes I wonder.” “What?” “If I hadn’t been Fox Books and you hadn’t been The Shop Around the Corner and you and I had just met. I’d have asked for your number. I wouldn’t have been able to wait 24 hours before calling you and saying: “How about some coffee or drinks or dinner or a movie for as long as we both shall live? You and I would never have been at war. The only thing we’d fight about would be which video to rent on a Saturday night.” “Who fights about that?” “Some people. Not us.” “We would never.” “If only.”