“There was an intruder on a forbidden part of the island, and the security system was compromised." Another image of Archer's sword slicing through a ghoul came to mind. Yeah, compromised was one word for it.”
“Of course we all want to make compromises for our spouse. That’s part of the bargain of marriage, after all. But when compromise gets into sacrifice, then that’s when the territory becomes dangerous, because that’s when resentments build up. And the problem with navigating this territory is that there is no map, because what’s compromise for one person might be the most terrible sacrifice for another.”
“This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a compromise.”
“No one should ever compromise the dignity of another human being.”
“There is a lot of promise in the word compromise.”
“Commitment is another name for relationship not the compromise.”