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"Connor realized that going through a tough time wasn’t the issue, it was letting it change you permanently. He’d lost sight of how Enduring Hardships Connor was a sharper-edged, less tolerant character. That Connor went in expecting the worst of everyone, wearing it as his armor. […] A doom spiral, where whatever lever you pulled, you were going down into the sea."

“Some people—and I don’t mean bad people, all sorts of people—have no interest in changing their behavior in order to seek better outcomes, and the condition is lifelong. Once you realize you’re dealing with one of those people you can make an informed decision about how much energy to give them.”

"If you’d been sent a dick pic tonight, intended for another woman, and I said you’re ultimately in the wrong for not loving me enough, how would that go down?"

"But he wasn’t angry. He was shocked and bereft, bewildered and queasy, in that particular way you were when you complacently thought you were going to choose the moment, and it was chosen for you."

"Bel wondered at a world where you needed men to protect you against other men, patriarchy as Mafia racket."