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“I used to think this heroic: my sturdy, stable dad, capable of anything. But now I realize that he's just drawn to dying, helpless things. The unsaveables. Like Mom. Maybe, like me.” quote by Kate Ellison — Download Open image

““I used to think this heroic: my sturdy, stable dad, capable of anything. But now I realize that he's just drawn to dying, helpless things. The unsaveables. Like Mom. Maybe, like me.””

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