Molly

“Such a cruel thing, memory. We can’t remember what it is that we’ve forgotten. That we have been made to forget. That we’ve had to forget, in order to pretend to live here in any normal way.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Testaments

“Innocent men denying their guilt sound exactly like guilty men, as I am sure you have noticed, my reader. Listeners are inclined to believe neither.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Testaments

“It’s important to remember that the overarching goal of protective parts is to keep the hurt away. Protective parts will go to any length to distract, derail, confuse, and avoid moving toward the pain that an exiled part carries.”
― Frank G. Anderson, Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family Systems

“I guess she doesn’t remember me,” I said dolefully. “She doesn’t give a fuck.” “Nobody is any authority on the fucks other people give,”
― Margaret Atwood, The Testaments