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She’d always thought that she could manage her demons. That she could tame them, if not into docile house cats, then into declawed tigers safely ensconced in the basement.
She hated that she had to fight with her own nervous system. It was a major impediment to being a badass.
There are many people out there for whom morality is a convenience to be placed aside for the right price.”
“Being scared is a natural response to living.
“He who seeks equity must do equity.”
“Having an alcoholic in the family makes you always want to fix people, doesn’t it? You feel like if you just try a little harder, things will improve. But then they don’t. And it makes you feel like you’re failing. Until you realize, finally, you have to stop trying to fix people. Except it’s so hard to make yourself stop. That’s the final irony, isn’t it? You become addicted to trying to be a superhero. That’s your fix. It’s sick.”
