Duke, Actually

by Jenny Holiday

“We all make errors of judgment when it comes to matters of the heart.”

“But I do know what it’s like to have someone in your life who has more power over you than you can perhaps explain.”

“Eventually, the bitterness will fade, and you’ll be able to look back with equanimity. He’ll be a colleague for whom you have some fondness, or at least a colleague for whom you hold no rancor. It will just take a little time.”

is that fear worth more to you than what’s potentially on the other side of it?”

sometimes you had to let yourself feel what you felt, even if what you felt went against all reason. Sometimes you had to let yourself change course. Sometimes you had to let yourself love people, even if they had the power to hurt you.