- Author: [[Kiera Cass]] - Full Title: The Selection - Tags:: books [[inbox]] - ![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61CSfauaFlL._SL400_.jpg) - ### Highlights first synced by [[Readwise]] [[2020-09-03]] - “Do whatever they tell you. Try to stop sulking and be happy. Behave. Smile. Keep us posted. Oh! I just knew you’d turn out to be special.” It was meant to be sweet, but it wasn’t what I needed to hear. I wished she could have said that I was already something special to her, like I was to my father. But I guessed she would never stop wanting more for me, more from me. Maybe that’s what mothers did. ([Location 1034](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B006564VQC&location=1034))