" The fact that you’ve calmed down? Good, maybe it’ll help you be more rational when it comes to Layla. But here’s the thing, when people are that mad, they speak the truth. You can apologize all you want for being angry and screaming at me and all that shit. What you will never be able to take back, however, is the fact that in that moment, in that split second, when you didn’t have the capacity to sugarcoat, or smooth over, or be nice … you put out there, for all to hear, what you actually believe. "

― J.R. Ward , The Chosen (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #15)