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“Maturity is choosing empathy over anger. It's the ability to see beyond the hurt and understand the storm brewing within the other person.”
― Monika Ajay Kaul

“I don't think things happen to us for a reason. I don't think there is some all-knowing force directing our lives so that we can learn a lesson and pass on that knowledge to others. I don't think I had to go through what I did to get this book into your hands. In fact, there were many other ways I could have learned those lessons—and they could have been learned without excruciating pain. Yet I cannot deny that somehow my experiences also turned me into who I am and resulted in this book being in your hands today. Multiple things can be true at the same time.”
― Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion

“-Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armor yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“In the intricate dance of existence, I have learned to waltz with the shadows, finding solace in the understanding that light and darkness are but two sides of the same coin.”
― Jonathan Harnisch, Sex, Drugs, and Schizophrenia