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“I don’t think being a little guarded is a negative thing,” I say. “Naked truths aren’t always pretty.”
“There is no such thing as bad people. We’re all just people who sometimes do bad things.”
our bodies wanting more than our mouths can deliver.
What determines a person’s character aren’t the mistakes we make. It’s how we take those mistakes and turn them into lessons rather than excuses.
But an act doesn’t have to be forgiven in order to learn from it.
People spend so much time wondering why the women don’t leave. Where are all the people who wonder why the men are even abusive? Isn’t that where the only blame should be placed?
But the last thing you want to do is lose sight of your limit.
“We all have a limit. What we’re willing to put up with before we break.
“Every incident chips away at your limit. Every time you choose to stay, it makes the next time that much harder to leave. Eventually, you lose sight of your limit altogether, because you start to think, ‘I’ve lasted five years now. What’s five more?’ ”
Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break. It takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern.
