Ammu loved her children (of course), but their wide-eyed vulnerability…

Arundhati Roy
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Ammu loved her children (of course), but their wide-eyed vulnerability and their willingness to love people who didn't really love them exasperated her and sometimes made her want to hurt them-- just as an education, a precaution. ✨ Arundhati Roy (2002). The God of Small Things, p.43, Penguin Books India
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