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1 " Strange, she thought, how affected you are by malice when you're a kid, how a mean work or look can unravel you, how devastating cruelty feels when you're too young to protect yourself. But eventually, after all those defense mechanisms are firmly in place, it's the so-called positive shit - mercy, not malice - that brings you to tears. "
― Jen Beagin , Vacuum in the Dark
2 " Strange, she thought, how affected you are by malice when you’re a kid, how a mean word or look can unravel you, how devastating cruelty feels when you’re too young to protect yourself. But eventually, after all those defense mechanisms are firmly in place, it’s the so-called positive shit—mercy, not malice—that brings you to tears. "
3 " do you know?” It made Lena’s question seem utterly selfless and without need, a question that didn’t require an answer. Wasn’t that what true love was, according to Stevie Wonder? It asked for nothing. Acceptance was the way you paid. "
