Reading an interview with Glenn Close today, this is brilliant:

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"I always thought, the way life works, the burden of forgiveness is on the child." Speaking in reference to the fact that her father raised her in a very stifling religious environment, and how she forgave him for that.

For anyone who had difficulties as a child - and even if you were someone whose parents were 100% supportive, but you had difficulties with your siblings or peers, or whatever it is - I think this thought is quite brilliant and insightful.

We sometimes like to cling to past personal injustices, because I suppose they help define who we are, and to let them go is in some way scary and even sad. But it's also a step on the way to healing.

Jane Fonda also said something similar in reference to her own father.