In the Shadow of the Valley: A Memoir
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It is a refusal: I do not accept this dubious gift. Self-protection: You will not violate my sovereignty. Denial: I am not these things that you name me.
Anne
I'm a little bit over this formatting already
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Some children are taught they deserve and have such power, but for those of us who weren’t given the privilege of that knowledge, we go on doing the things we saw adults around us do, we subconsciously choose the lives that were modeled for us.
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For most of us, there is no flash of understanding when we turn eighteen, no sudden self-awareness that transforms our child selves into responsible, world-savvy adults.
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I would sit there and smoke cigarettes—always natural or organic tobacco because I was still trying to be healthy.
Anne
The irony of organic cigarettes!
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whether he’s too far gone or had nothing to save in the first place, I may never know.