Pamela realizes for the first time in her life that she hadn't made the wrong choice at all. Nor had she made the right choice. She had simply made a choice. And somewhere along the way, she had lost the courage to live by it.

Pip Karmel
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The quote is a key to understanding the human condition and the idea of choices and consequences. To understand it, we need to look at what Pamela had done and how she had chosen to live her life. As the quote says; the greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. What Pamela had done was make a choice that nearly cost her everything.

By choosing not to care for her sister’s children as she had promised, she was abandoning them. The choice itself wasn’t wrong, but making that choice – and ignoring her sister – revealed her true character. It showed that she was willing to sacrifice people and happiness for herself and what she wanted at any cost.

And so, when the choice presented itself again – and again – and again – she chose not to rise up.

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