[b]Jessie Burton
In suffering we find our truest selves.[/b]
Oh, sure we do.
Pity, unlike hate, can be boxed and put away.
Never tried that before.
Growing older does not seem to make you more certain, Nella thinks. It simply presents you with more reasons for doubt.
Not only that but a lot less time to do something about it.
A lifetime isn’t enough to know how a person will behave.
My guess: A lifetime is all we’ll get.
When you have truly come to know a person, Nella – when you see beneath the sweeter gestures, the smiles – when you see the rage and the pitiful fear which each of us hide – then forgiveness is everything. We are all in desperate need of it.
He wondered if that included him.
My brother knows the danger of having nothing to do.
That and the power to do it.