Everyone is the way they are for a reason. I try to find that reason. I'm not looking for the good, I'm looking for a way to understand... them. I think everyone deserves that. Everyone deserves to be understood. And that -- I mean it's really hard sometimes.
Not everyone deserves empathy. And being understood doesn't mean that they deserve understanding, or compassion, or even forgiveness. But I need to know why someone is the way they are before I can decide anything else about them.