Lisa Unger

“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
—George Orwell, 1984

She understood for the first time in her life how people might kill each other—married people who once loved with passion and devotion, who once cried happy tears at the altar, and went on a magnificent honeymoon, conceived beautiful children, built a lovely life.

You don’t get to stop being what you are, even when you try.