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I’m a poem and a half in and it’s already 5⭐️ for me.

“At 10 years old he realized that people were born whole, and that the bad things peeled layers from the person you once were, thinning compassion and empathy and the ability to construct a future. At 13 he knew those layers could sometimes be rebuilt when people loved you. When you loved.”

“FAMILY DYSFUNCTION ROLLS DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, LIKE A FIRE IN THE WOODS, TAKING DOWN EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH UNTIL ONE PERSON IN ONE GENERATION HAS THE COURAGE TO TURN AND FACE THE FLAMES. THAT PERSON BRINGS PEACE TO THEIR ANCESTORS AND SPARES THE CHILDREN THAT FOLLOW.” — TERRY REAL

Love a good psychological book, but, man, are they meaty; takes a while to finish and digest. I’ve restarted this book like 3 times so far.