I love you too, I wanted to say with as much hurtful sarcasm as I could muster, but she hadn't seen me, and I kept quiet. I did love her, of course, but mostly just because loving your mother is mandatory, not because she's someone I think I'd like very much if I met her walking down the street. Which she wouldn't be anyway; walking is for poor people Ransom Riggs
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The above quote by Maya Angelou is an example of how society can be so full of prejudice, and at the same time so unselfish. This quote is an excellent example of the fact that people are not judged by what they say but by how they act. If Maya had said, “I love you too,” she would have likely been seen as a hateful person. She chose to say nothing at all even though she was still angry with her mother. This shows that if someone truly loves you enough to hate you, they love you more than enough to want to change the world for your sake.

Source: Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children

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