The daughter of a Conservative MP killed by the Brighton bomb has said she may have made the same choices as her father's IRA killer if she had lived his life.
Jo Berry was speaking in Belfast at the launch of an exhibition on forgiveness featuring subjects from Northern Ireland, South Africa, Rwanda and Chechnya.
She was joined at the launch at Queen's University by Patrick Magee, the man who planted the device which claimed the lives of five people during the 1984 Tory Conference. Ms Berry has made several appearances alongside Mr Magee since 1999 when he was released from from jail under the terms of the Belfast Agreement.
On her experiences since the death of her father, Sir Anthony Berry, she said: "Forgiveness is a word I find quite hard to use. It is about understanding that if I lived his life, I could have made the same choices.
"I feel that forgiveness means that I have to stop being angry and stop being hurt. I still get angry and I still get hurt."
Ms Berry said the Forgiveness Project exhibition, was a positive contribution to a complex problem.
"We all have our own journeys. "We can learn from each other's stories rather than an academic telling us stuff. This is a wonderful way of sharing our stories, of learning, growing and supporting. People can come here and identify with different parts of people's stories or they can be inspired to take their own steps."
Ms Berry would not be drawn on what she would like to see contained in the IRA's anticipated statement on its future.
Mr Magee, speaking in an interview which forms part of the exhibition, said: "Some day I will be able to forgive myself. Although I still stand by my actions, I will always carry the burden that I harmed other human beings."
However he continued: "But I'm not seeking forgiveness. If Jo could just understand why someone like me could get involved in the armed struggle, then something has been achieved."
Mr Magee said he is "100 per cent in favour of the peace process", but is not a pacifist.
"I could never say to future generations, anywhere in the world, who felt themselves oppressed, 'Take it, just lie down and take it'."