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"Wasn't that how it always was, a small decision leading to larger consequences that no one could have anticipated?"
"I had wanted power and autonomy, and they had led, inevitably, to this moment."
"Love comes like lightning, and disappears the same way. If you are lucky, it strikes you right."
"They misunderstand you because they want to, because they don’t want to accept the truth of who you are."
"Through pain, I learned to grow. Through failure, I learned to persevere."
"Was I always this woman? Or did I become her after I was hurt so deeply?"
"Somewhere deep in my heart, I had planted the seeds of revenge. And though I was afraid of it, I tended to it."