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What do you think Agatha Christie meant by this quote: "You didn't think about your mother or your father or your sister or your aunt. They just existed, unquestioned, in those relationships. You didn't think of them as people. You didn't ask yourself, even, what they were like."?

Quinn That people don't tend to view family members as individuals with the same ideas, hopes, dreams, etc, that they have. For example, when you were young…moreThat people don't tend to view family members as individuals with the same ideas, hopes, dreams, etc, that they have. For example, when you were young, if you saw your grade school teacher at the mall, you were likely very shocked and/or felt strangely about it, because you were used to him/her only being a teacher. Same goes for family members normally. Mom is mom, not _______ who had a life before you, who went to high school and fell in love, who had her heart broken, who dreamed of being a famous basketball player, who was once scared of the dark, etc.
Therefor, the people you are truly closest to, whom you *think* you know very well, may be capable of very different things than you might imagine.
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