(you are more than the sum of your sins.)
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"We aren't explained, you know, by a bad thing. Something terrible, when we're young, it can change us -- of course it can -- change the whole shape of our life. But it's still our life. Under our control. The bad thing that happened, it doesn't explain us. It is not an excuse for our life being all wrong. We can't just say, 'Well of course I'm unhappy, a terrible thing happened long ago.' We have a duty, to ourselves and to those around us, to deal with it and move on. Both are important. We have to deal with it, and we have to move on. If it is difficult, and if it takes time, well -- what else is a life for?"
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