“Her gaze shifted to me. I hadn’t felt its strength in years and I was stunned by it. “Of all my children,” she said, “you were the one I thought would burst out of here in a blaze. I didn’t expect it from Tyler – that was a surprise – but you. Don’t you stay. Go. Don’t let anything stop you from going.”

“Her gaze shifted to me. I hadn’t felt its strength in years and I was stunned by it. “Of all my children,” she said, “you were the one I thought would burst out of here in a blaze. I didn’t expect it from Tyler – that was a surprise – but you. Don’t you stay. Go. Don’t let anything stop you from going.”

— Tara Westover