“I try to be nice,” she said. “Nobody’s ever made me feel they like me before, the way you do. So I try to be kind and smiley, like you want me to be, but then I catch sight of my reflection or I think of him and it all goes wrong and I can only think horrible things and scream at you and try and hurt you. I’m sorry.”
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“Pain shouts down your mediocrity.”
“Someone can say “I love you” and still not be ready for what love requires.”
“We can’t escape pain, but we can decide what story it tells.”
“The more we learn how emotions work, the more they work for us.”
“Emotions are not what disrupt our system—they are part of a system we’ve failed to understand.”