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And the truth is there’s no such thing as closure when someone’s life has been lost. The word feels too neat, too final. I learned many years ago to stop reaching for it. What I found instead was a rhythm. A way to carry the weight and keep moving away.”

“But diminishing my light never increased his.”

Insecure men never seem to look inward - they rather abuse women going for what they want

“That’s what fame gets you sometimes: real hate from strangers.”

"Love doesn't always wear a smile. Sometimes love is the voice that raises the alarm."

"Being taken advantage of as an immature teenager and then having it thrown in your face for the next 30 years is a kind of cruelty only reserved for women.

The shame ends here. The silence ends here. I was not a fast girl with a crush [...] I was a child. He was an adult. And it's time the world understood the difference."

"Our brains are remarkable at protecting us from truths too painful to bear, convincing us we are autonomous in our decisions even when we're being systematically manipulated. That we are in control even when someone else is pulling all the strings. This is why we can't blame victims for not recognizing their abuse in real time."

ha, the direct quote from that breakfast club interview - how damning!

Proud of Brandy! Dead all that mess Wanya was spewing - he took advantage of her admiration and groomed her

"I was too naive to realize that deep down inside he did not see me as special. I think he saw me as conquerable. As someone whose boundaries could be negotiated away."

"I was young and inexperienced, and thought that following my heart meant following his lead, that what we shared transcended ordinary rules and limitations.