"Growing up like that, you don't realize that there's anything different about it. You think that everyone's smiles are forced, everyone's photos are faked, everyone's happy memories are tainted. You think everyone is putting on a show for the world and that behind closed doors, their families are just as terrible. And then they receive letters and packages, gifts and sweets from home, they're excited to go home for Christmas, they run off the train and give their mum a big hug, their father says he's proud of them, and then you wonder... if you really are alone, after all."
-Regina Amalthea Black-