“Break a pact. Accept forgiveness. Make a bet.”
“the secret of happy marriage: not honesty, not forgiveness, but acceptance that is a kind of respect for the other's right to make mistakes.”
“And so I make a pact with the devil, or in this case, my mommy.”
“Forgive me for lying. Forgive me for breaking your heart.”
“--Let us make a pact, she said. To madness at every juncture!”
“Forgiveness is hard. Acceptance is doable.”