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"Do we live on in what we leave for our children?"

"They taught us to be respectful, to take care of one another and to do well in school. These were the intended lessons.
The unintended lessons came from their unexorcised demons... and from the habits they formed over so many years o trying to survive."

"I grew up with the terrified boy who became my father. Afraid of my father, craving safety and comfort. I had no idea the terror I felt was only the long shadow of his own.'

This book expllains generational trauma SO WELL. This chapter was so incredibly harsh it made me cry, but it's so well written, so beautifully illustrated and so honest and insightful. Very quickly becoming my new favourite GN.

"Though my word was small, I would sometimes dream of being free in it."

Pretty sure I'm holding and currently reading a treasure of a graphic novel. Wow...

"certain shadows stretched far. Casting a gray stillness over our childhood, hinting at a darkness we did not understand but could always feel"

"a terrifying thought creeps into my head. Family is now something I have created and not just something I was born into."