Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it's so important that we don't rely on it.

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We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.

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Let the guilt teach you how to behave next time.

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Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is.

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Desperation can make a person do surprising things.

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To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.

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It's strange how a word, a phrase, a sentence, can feel like a blow to the head.

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Some things are hard to let go of.

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Sometimes drastic change requires drastic measures.

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Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.

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