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" He was quiet as she told him the story of Rémy, of how she had fallen in love with him despite her mother’s objections, how Mamusia had been furious about it and about so many of the other choices Eva had made. “I failed her, Tatuś,” she concluded miserably. “If I had listened, maybe she would still be alive.” “If you had listened, słoneczko, you’d be dead, too, for you would have followed her advice right into Joseph Pelletier’s arms.” His expression was grave. “Just because she was your mother didn’t mean she was right.” “But if I had honored her…” “You do honor her—and me—every day by being the kind of person we raised you to be. "
― Kristin Harmel , The Book of Lost Names