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My brother once lit his leg on fire. And after, when the fire was finally out, his leg was covered in third-degree burns. And we made the decision - or my parents did - not to take him to the hospital but to treat that at home with a salve my mother made of comfrey and lobelia.
— Tara Westover
Tags: brother, fire, mother, home

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I think it's a belief that you can learn something. That's something that I really value from the upbringing I got.
— Tara Westover
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In families like mine, there is no crime worse than telling the truth.
— Tara Westover
Tags: mine, like, crime, truth
My family always spent the warm months bottling fruit for storage, which Dad said we'd need in the Days of Abomination.
— Tara Westover
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There's a sense of sovereignty that comes from life on a mountain.
— Tara Westover
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Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.
— Tara Westover
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