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When the world itself is the source of your torment then you are free to exact vengeance upon any last part of it. I think perhaps you would have to be a woman to understand that. And you will never know the depth of your hurt until you are presented with the opportunity for revenge. Only then will you know what you are capable of.

In any case, to prepare a place in our lives for the tragedies to come is an economy few wish to practice. … There is no rule of exchange here, you see. Grief transcends every value. A man would give whole nations to lift it from his heart. And yet with it you can buy nothing.

I would urge you to see the truth of your situation. That is my advice. It is not for me to say what you should have done. Or not done. I only know that the world in which you see to undo your mistakes is no the world I which they were made. You are at a cross in the road and here you think to choose, but here there is no choosing. There is only accepting. The choosing was done long ago.

You should be careful what you wish for, Angel. You might not get it.