

“I can’t clear these disgusting images from my mind! They are haunting me!”
― Betrayal of Faith
― Betrayal of Faith

“You're getting to be a big boy; and while I'm gone, you'll be the man of the family. I want you to act like one. You take care of Mama and Little Arliss. You look after the work and don't wait around for your mama to point out what needs to be done. Think you can do that?”
― Old Yeller
― Old Yeller

“You were always uncomfortable with the rhetoric of emotion, which is quite a different matter from discomfort with emotion itself.”
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
“Mary’s childhood was rough. She was frequently beaten and chastised by the nuns who served as her protectors and brutalized by the older girls in the orphanage.
Oh how I wept those first few years of my life. My tears came like tropical storms. Every pore in my body wept. I heaved and shuddered and sighed. Everything around me seemed dark and terrifying.”
― Africa's Child
Oh how I wept those first few years of my life. My tears came like tropical storms. Every pore in my body wept. I heaved and shuddered and sighed. Everything around me seemed dark and terrifying.”
― Africa's Child
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