Really, she had never been a person who imposed herself on the lives of others. Anything she had ever felt, everything she had ever done, was in response to some unprompted aggression against herself, and how much better the world would be if everyone could show some fraction of her own restraint when it came to other people. Live your life, leave everyone else alone, and stick to your own story … that was the key to personal and communal happiness, wasn’t it?
