R. Scott Bakker Quotes
Our Words Always Paint Two Portraits When We Describe Our Families To Others. Outsiders Cannot But See The Small Peeves And Follies That Wrinkle Our Relationships With Our Loved Ones. The Claims We Make In Defensive Certainty
that We Were The One Wronged, That We Were The One Who Wanted The Best
cannot But Fall On Skeptical Ears Since Everyone Makes The Same Claimsof Virtue And Innocence. We Are Always More Than We Want To Be In The Eyes Of Others Simply Because We Are Blind To The Bulk Of What We Are.
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Mimara Had Wanted Him To See Her As A Victim, As A Long-suffering Penitent, More Captive Than Daughter, And Not As Someone Embittered And Petulant, Someone Who Often Held Others Accountable For Her Inability To Feel Safe, To Feel Anything Unpolluted By The Perpetual Pang Of Shame ...
And He Loved Her The More For It.
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