"A child embarrassed by his mother,” she said, “is just a child who hasn’t lived long enough."

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I said it, just like that. No stupid jokes, no changing the subject. For once, I wasn't embarrassed, because it was the truth. I had fallen. I think I had always been falling. And she might as well know, if she didn't already, because there was no going back now. Not for me.

— Kami Garcia