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Betrayal Quote by Barry Lyga

“Parents get all focused on themselves, and they see their little babies start walkin' and talkin', and since they kinda look like them and sound like the, they start thinking of those little babies as themselves…And then something funny happens. Those babies grow up to be kids and teenages and…” quote by Barry Lyga — Download Open image

““Parents get all focused on themselves, and they see their little babies start walkin' and talkin', and since they kinda look like them and sound like the, they start thinking of those little babies as themselves…And then something funny happens. Those babies grow up to be kids and teenages and grown-ups in their own right…so everything the kids do, everything, is a betrayal.””

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