“It was a joke now, infidelity. In the press on a daily basis, as gossip and minor scandal: it was so common you could almost believe it didn’t hurt, the bottomless anguish behind each story totally invisible.” Honor Sinclair, in Honor’s Shadow
To Thine Own Self Be True
to thine own self be true
and it must follow, as the night the day,
thou canst not then be false to any man
(Polonius in Shakespeare’s Hamlet)
Betrayal. Infidelity. Could you forget? Or would you keep remembering?
“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” Thomas S Szaz
Betrayal. Infidelity. Could you forgive? Would you?
“When as cared about and safe as you thought you were is as uncared about and unsafe as you turn out to be, you can never completely forgive or forget.” Mark Goulston
Revenge of the broken hearted…
Someone hurts you. You want to hurt them back. That’s revenge: the pain and grief of being hurt, and the energizing anger needed for vengeance.