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“Why did you fight so hard against made-up monsters, but do nothing about the monsters in your own house?”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“But in that moment, I realized how much I’d been counting on that conflict coming to an end, how deeply I believed in a future in which we would be a father and daughter at peace.”
― Tara Westover, Educated

“A moment later father and son are standing face-to-face shouting at each other, but they’ve never been farther apart.”
― Fredrik Backman, Us Against You

“When you’re young you believe that love is infatuation, but infatuation is simple, any child can become infatuated, fall in love. But real love? Love is a job for an adult. Love demands a whole person, all the best of you, all the worst. It has nothing to do with romance, because the hard part of a marriage isn’t that I have to live seeing all your faults, but that you have to live with me seeing them. That I know everything about you now. Most people aren’t brave enough to live without secrets. Everyone dreams about being invisible sometimes, no one dreams of being transparent.”
― Fredrik Backman, The Winners