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“As you become an adult, shame gets introduced and reintroduced constantly to you. So where something that, to a child, just is what it is - you know, your father's violent but he loves you and that's just the way it is - later on you realize that this is like different, shameful, blah blah blah.”

Quote by Justin Torres

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Justin Torres is an American novelist born in 1980. His works are celebrated for their profound social insight and depiction of Latin American life in the United States. Torres' debut novel, 'We the Kings,' won the National Book Award in 2012, propelling him into the spotlight as a prominent author. more

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