Play Nice

by Rachel Harrison

But the easiest way to tell who a man really is, is to injure his ego and see how he reacts.

It’s child-of-divorce syndrome. It’s so annoying.

One of the few things our mother gave to us that’s never come up in therapy. When you inherit mostly complexes, why not appreciate the rare gifts?

Remembering is not always a light shone into darkness. Sometimes it’s a claw reaching out and dragging you back.

I think it’s just easier to call someone crazy than it is to admit that they could be right. Easier to call someone crazy than to confront the nuance of their circumstance, than to accept the callous cruelty that exists in the world we live in, the evil out there that revels in our suffering.