How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
This above all, to refuse to be a victim. Unless I can do that I can do nothing. I have to recant, give up the old belief that I am powerless and because of it nothing I can do will ever hurt anyone. A lie which was always more disastrous than the truth would have been. (27.1)
At the end of the book, the narrator seems committed to moving on from her past, which involves giving up the "old" beliefs that have hindered her and even been "disastrous." Looks like she might finally be willing and able to move into that present tense she has been hankering for.