“My mother moves so fast I do not even see it coming. But she slaps my face hard enough to make my head snap backward. She leaves a print that stains me long after it’s faded. Just so you know: shame is five-fingered.”

— Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

Source: My Sister's Keeper

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