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Quotes from Tell Me Everything: A Memoir — Minka Kelly

born 1980 United States

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Go ahead, Momma. Tell me about your life. Tell me everything.

Tell Me Everything: A Memoir (2023)

One skill a child learns from having alcoholic or drug-dependent parents is to anticipate the needs of those around them. I learned to take care of everyone and make them happy, you before me at all costs, in an unconscious effort to control my environment or to feel needed so to feel worthy, and that doesn't translate into an authentic and trustful relationship.

Tell Me Everything: A Memoir (2023)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Minka Kelly (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.