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I was at a point of my life where I really could have used any encouragement anyone might have left me.
Encouragement that he stole

We are all on the list. All of us. We're all guilty of something.

It's more than just a scratch. It's a punch in the stomach and a slap in the face. It's a knife in my back because you would rather believe some made-up rumors than what you knew to be true.

A rumour based on a kiss ruined a memory that I hoped would be special. A rumour based on a kiss started a reputation that the other people believed in and reacted to. And sometimes, a rumour based on a kiss has a snowball effect.

‘All men are weak,’said Phin. ‘That’s the whole bloody trouble with the world. Too weak to love properly. Too weak to be wrong.’

‘They weren’t bad books,’ Phin countered patiently. ‘They were books that you didn’t enjoy. It’s not the same thing at all. The only bad books are books that are so badly written that no one will publish them. Any book that has been published is going to be a “good book” for someone.’

The only way to really know what was going on in the world was to listen to women talk. Anyone who ignores the chatter of women is poorer by any measure.