'Hana, you are the other way. It takes you a long time to trust anyone...'

'I'm not very good at holding grudges and I've been told in the past that I am too lenient with people. Hana, you are the other way. It takes you a long time to trust anyone and then if you get hurt you have the memory of an elephant. I don't forget - but I do forgive. I forgave you because I have always felt a kinship towards you and when we shook hands all that stuff was in the past.'

by Martina Navratilova, 1984

(ref. "HANA" p90)

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