Bad situation Quote by Jonathan Gottschall

“If someone breaks into your home when you're there - that is, they don't wait to be sure that the house is empty - it's a bad situation. Honor doesn't come into it at all. Anything you need to do to survive at that point becomes A-OK.”

Jonathan Gottschall

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