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“I realized then that the whole time I thought I'd been walking alone, my father had been with me. Supportin' me. Steadyin' me. Protectin' me, best he could. I knew I had to be strong enough to stand on my own two feet. I had to step out of my father's hands and pull myself up out of the mud. I thought I would be scared to walk the rest of my life without him, but I know I'll never really be without him because each step I take, I see his handprints in the footprints I leave behind.”
― Tiffany McDaniel, Betty

“May you not go around the world looking to fill what you fear you lack with the flesh of another human being.”
― Lisa Taddeo, Animal

“Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.”
― Oscar Wilde, Only Dull People Are Brilliant at Breakfast

“Sometimes, all we needed was the knowledge someone somewhere cared about us.”
― Ana Huang, Twisted Lies