“The hurt affects your ability to go forward.”

“We hurt each other, is the point. Hurt, annoy, embarrass, but move on. People, it just doesn't work that way. Your own feelings get so complicated that you forget the ways another human being can be vulnerable. You spend a lot of energy protecting yourself. All those layers and motivations and feelings. You get hurt, you stay hurt sometimes. The hurt affects your ability to go forward. And words. All the words between us. Words can be permanent. Certain ones are impossible to forgive.”

“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”

“Leverage is the ability to apply positive pressure on yourself to follow through on your decisions even when it hurts.”

“Like a broken vase does not fear of breaking once more, my broken heart is not affected by your hurting words anymore!”

“Everyone has the ability to hurt. It's the choice that matters.”