We All Live Here

by Jojo Moyes

it’s only hurt people who hurt people.”

you look around at people who are happy in themselves in their lives—they’re just busy living, having a good time. They don’t set out to be mean to other people. Their energy is going into other things. It doesn’t even occur to them to hurt someone else, or to try to make them feel small. In fact, they’re more likely to be building other people up.

You can hang on to anger and bitterness your whole life. But all you really do is prolong your own pain.