Veronica Roth

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“What if,” she said, tilting her glass with a fingertip, “what separated us from them—what made us Chosen—was just that our parents said yes, and theirs said no?”
Veronica Roth
This comes from one of my observations about Chosen One stories, which is: who are all these adults just resigning themselves to a literal teenager being the savior of mankind/the world/whatever? WHAT IS UP WITH THAT? THEY are the most messed up ones in every story, in my humble opinion.
Anna
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Anna
Yes. this is the question that undergirds Ender's Game: why did the parents consent to having a third child? Why did the parents sacrifice the third child? That is way messed up parenting.

Underneath …
Anne-Marie
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Anne-Marie
These parents who see themselves as giving their children up for the “greater good” probably hope to gain some glory through what they see as a sacrifice.

I don’t see how anything with being a Chosen h…
Chosen Ones (The Chosen Ones, #1)
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