“We’re all so obsessed with protecting our children, aren’t we?” Amara said. “That’s how we got into this mess in the first place. We want to paint a lovely picture that we hang over their window to block out how the world really works, to give them these perfect lives. And to do that, we think we need to keep ourselves perfect too. But no mother in the history of the world has been able to protect her child forever. The world barges in through the front door eventually. Or sometimes,” she said, glaring at Gwen, “you invite it in, because it knows exactly what lies you want to hear.” Gwen
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