Because I was afraid if I said everything that she meant to me -- that I owed perhaps the best parts of who I became to her care, and that the words "I'm sorry" were like a thimble to bail out all the guilt and shame and rage I felt over everything she had endured to care for me for as long as she had -- I thought if I said those words to her, I would never stop crying again.
Bojala sam se da ako joj  kažem koliko mi znači i da svoje najbolje karakteristike dugujem njenoj brizi, da će riječ "oprosti" djelovati kao jadan pokušaj da se oslobodim sve krivnje,  stida i gnjeva koje sam osjećala zbog svega kroz što je prolazila kako bi se što dulje brinula o meni. Mislila sam da više nikada neću prestati plakati ako joj kažem tu riječ.