“Learning kindness late in life was a kind of torture. The pain often came from the past, form kindnesses withheld. The knife was particularly sharp when those who most deserved your kindness were long gone. And unless you wanted to die of sorrow, you had to give this unspent kindness to those you loved less.”
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“The most regretful behavior always leaches from a wound to our sanctimonious pride.”
“He wanted his old life back instead of this new hell on earth that he had created for himself.”
“Was this the stupidest thing I had ever done? Maybe, maybe not. Top ten, at least.”
“Drugs may know how to numb a brain, but the past never forgets to resurface.”