I did not need to win the argument.

There was no argument.

There was a record, and the record was complete, and a complete record does not require your anger to do its work.

It only requires that you stop protecting the person, step back, and let the light reach it.

Silence, it turns out, is not always surrender.

Sometimes silence is just a woman who has already won and sees no reason to shout about it.

Chapter 15 — Free, Not Triumphant