The masquerade is over.

We tell ourselves what we want to hear when things don't go our way. "It wasn't meant to be", "I lucked out", and "they had it out for me from the beginning" is so much easier than "I suck, I failed, I wasn't good enough".

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Winter is cold
Oh, but you're colder still

"You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart" - Sinead O'Connor