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Sometimes kindness doesn’t beget anything but misery. My mother didn’t have to learn that until she was in her thirties

Sometimes kindness doesn’t beget anything but misery. My mother didn’t have to learn that until she was in her thirties
I’ve known it nearly all my life. I’m not sure which of us is better off.

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