The house carried that marzipan smell for days after. She still remembers how it lingered in her kitchen like a clueless houseguest who didn’t know when to leave.
“Trauma is… well, it’s devastating. It affects every part of your life and how you trust and relate to others or make decisions. It’s not always true that it makes you stronger. In fact, it can have the opposite effect. But what it does do is make you consider things more carefully, so you don’t repeat past patterns. The irony is that if you ignore it, those patterns repeat anyway.”
― The Engagement
― The Engagement
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