d noncly. quot; a genius.quot;

    Sood in front of tV. I saw  was heaving up and down in an angry way.

    quot;No!quot; I said, and I no stronger, as if my true self  had been inside me all along.

    quot;No! I !quot; I screamed.

    SV. Seningly strong, o. Sed me up and onto t terly.  was h was open, smiling crazily as if she were pleased I was crying.

    quot;You  me to be someone t Im not!quot; I sobbed. quot;Ill never be ter you  me to be!quot;

    quot;Only t and ter can live in t daug;

    quot;t your daug my mot; I sed. As I said t scared. It felt like oads and slimy t of my c, but it also felt good, as if t last.

    quot;too late c; said my mother shrilly.

    And I could sense o its breaking point. I ed to see it spill over. And ts . quot;t; I sed. quot;I wis;

    It unned, as if stle, lifeless.

    It  tment my mot in me. In t folloing my oations. I didnt get straig become class president. I didnt get into Stanford. I dropped out of college.

    For unlike my mot believe I could be anyted to be. I could only be me.

    And for all talked about ter at tal or my terrible accusations after t remained uncrayal t o ask  failure able.

    And even worse, I never asked  frig: hy had she given up hope?

    For after our struggle at tioned my playing again. topped. to tting out t, my misery, and her dreams.

    So so give me tiet played in all tremendous burden removed.

    quot;Are you sure?quot; I asked s;I mean,  you