They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.
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It is dangerous to confuse children with angels.
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For many children, joy comes as the result of mining something unique and wondrous about themselves from some inner shaft.
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Behold, I was shapened in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. [Psalms 51:5].
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