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“Yush said that Papa had a “wartime personality” Yush thought this was a good thing to have, particularly when leading a battle, as someone who needed to make tough decisions for the betterment of the group. I agreed with Yush in theory, but I was also confused. The problem with that kind of personality was that when everything was peaceful, one had to create wars to feel useful or important.”
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
“It’s a strange thing to miss someone who is right there. When I talk to you is when I miss you the most, because I am confronted by what I cannot have.”
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
“The myth forces our minds to forget that which our bodies cannot: that belonging is always conditional.”
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
“I had once thought that I came from a line of Gods, and I had punished myself for failing to be Godlike. But we were not Gods, and I was not the avatar for our family’s unraveling. I was just another product of inherited trauma, unresolved grief, and reactive survival mechanisms, like everyone else who came before me. We were mortals who felt ashamed when we failed to appear omnipotent. Now I see that my job was to release my ancestors from this burden, to allow those who come next the freedom to be ordinary.”
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
― They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
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