<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Ruthlessness toward a pattern need not become... > Ruthlessness toward a pattern need not become cruelty toward a person. Remove the access, interrupt the reward, preserve the evidence, and keep the language proportionate to what actually occurred. **Source:** [[livestreams/Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 1 - Workbook|Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 1]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Ruthlessness toward a pattern need not become cruelty toward a person. Remove the access, interrupt the reward, preserve the evidence, and keep the language proportionate to what actually occurred.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-ruthlessness-toward-pattern-proportionate-actually-occurred ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->