And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for…

Suzanne Collins
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And some small gnarled place inside me hated her for her weakness, for her neglect, for the months she had put us through. I had taken a step back from my mother, put up a wall to protect myself from needing her, and nothing was ever the same between us again. ✨ Suzanne Collins (2009). The Hunger Games, p.48, Scholastic Inc.
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