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“ I abandoned her. It's the one capital crime of fatherhood. Mothers can fail a thousand different ways. A father's only job is: do not abandon this child. ”

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For there are two kinds of forgiveness in the world: the one you practice because everything really is all right, and what went before is mended. The other kind of forgiveness you practice because someone needs desperately to be forgiven, or because you need just as badly to forgive them, for a heart can grab hold of old wounds and go sour as milk over them.

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Catherynne M. Valente Dichotomy Forgiveness Healing Heartbreak Love Self Esteem Sincerity

Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.

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This is what comes of having a heart, even a very small and young one. It causes no end of trouble, and that’s the truth.

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Catherynne M. Valente Hearts Trouble Truth

However unlikely it may seem, it is the truth and, therefore, one hundred percent likely.

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