I faded out. I was for a moment my father tapping on his cigarette, the way he holds it, crushing it flat. I was my mother at the sink, staring into the desert from the kitchen window, dishes in hand. I was in all the beds I'd ever slept in. Me sinking into the sheets, letting my thoughts fall down. I was running alongside the ocean, Laura splashing me with water. I was dancing to a melody I did not recognize, spinning wild and lovely into exalted leaps. I was no one again. I was someone with no name, no past. My face resumed the freshness of birth, the brightness was again in my eyes, the brightness only children own before life begins its wreckage. . Hannah Lillith Assadi
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In this quote from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, he describes how he feels as if he is drowning as a child. He starts by describing his father as a man that smokes cigarettes and crushes them into the ashtray before lighting up again. It's a scene that many parents have seen before and it's something that reminds people of their own fathers. This reminds us of how important a father is to a child.

As a child, we believe our parents are perfect and think they can do no wrong. However, as he grows older we start to see our parents in their real form with all of their flaws and imperfections. We start to see things from their perspective and it changes the way we view them.

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