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And wish I'd known sooner

50 things I know And wish I'd known sooner Cate Hall Jul 30, 2025 2,750 173 566 Share Illustration by Alexander Naughton You are allowed to care about people who don’t care about you, and even people who dislike you. The way you feel about someone else can be totally decoupled from how they feel about you. In fact, uncovering your capacity to love people who will never fully reciprocate it is the definition of grace. If you’re unsure how to have better opinions, try just having fewer of them for a start. The most dangerous people have an exquisitely tuned sense of just how much they can get aw

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